Green Links

1. Urban Ripple: Restoring our Yarrowee River and its little Creeks
Bunanyung Landscape Alliance

The Alliance will work to protect and revegetate 13 sites in the urban heart of Ballarat, covering 9.8 km of waterways and 80.5 hectares of land. Habitat enhancement works will be completed along the Yarrowee River, Specimen Vale Creek, Canadian Creek and connecting tributaries.

2. Moorabool River Reserve Riparian Restoration
Golden Plains Shire Council

This project supports native wildlife by removing woody weeds and planting local indigenous trees and shrubs at Moorabool River Reserve as part of community planting days. The project ensures the parkland remains a natural outdoor space for the Batesford and Geelong communities to engage with nature.

3. Rivers of the Barwon revegetation works
Corangamite Catchment Management Authority

This project will engage with community groups and public and private landholders to revegetate sections of the Upper Barwon, Moorabool and Leigh Rivers, and highly urbanised areas of Geelong. It is delivered in partnership with Barwon Water, Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Corporation, the City of Greater Geelong and Deakin University.

4. Native Grasses Revival: Enhancing Gilgais for Clean Waterways
Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative

This project will focus on wetland revival along Little River. Transforming barrow land into Gilgais wetlands by removing weeds and reseeding native grasses will increase the wetlands’ rainwater absorption, facilitating a more gradual release into Little River and improved groundwater conditions.

5. Revegetation for connections in the West
Melbourne Water

This project will revegetate 5 hectares of land along Korjamnunnip Creek, which flows into the Werribee River. Grow West will run its annual Community Planting Day, involving volunteers planting 4,000 seedling plants. Grow West will also remove weeds such as blackberries and gorse.

6. Parwan Gorge Conservation Precinct
Moorabool Landcare Network

The Moorabool Landcare Network, including the Friends of Hopetoun Park and Parwan Gorge, will host Traditional Owner educational events and community tree planting days.

They aim to restore 12 hectares of land along Parwan Gorge (Werribee River) adjacent to Hopetoun Park, south of Bacchus Marsh.

7. Tarneet Islands Revegetation 2024-2026
Wyndham City Council

Tarneet Islands is located along the Werribee River and is home to the nationally endangered Growling Grass Frog. Wyndham City Council will remove weeds and plant 15,000 trees and shrubs across 1.37 hectares, supporting wider efforts to protect a significant Aboriginal cultural heritage site.

8. Restoring Werribee River Park
Werribee River Association

Community led planting days will focus on 1.5 hectares of parkland along the Werribee River improving habitats for wetland and migratory birds and other wildlife. The project will plant over 9,000 native seedlings, creating more habitat to relieve the pressures from increased local urbanisation.

9. Maribyrnong River Valley Habitat Restoration
Brimbank City Council

Sydenham Park is a new space for the community in Melbourne’s North-West. Through community planting days and a fencing program, weed and pest control, and revegetation, the project will restore and create new connections along the upper section of the Maribyrnong River and Jacksons Creek, in Keilor North.

10. Steele Creek Habitat Improvement Stage 1
Friends of Steele Creek

This project will undertake weed removal and revegetation works along Steele Creek. Habitat enhancement activities will protect spaces for wildlife and ensure that the parkland remains a natural outdoor space for the Keilor East, Niddrie, and surrounding communities to spend time and engage with nature.

11. Kororoit Creek Connections
Brimbank City Council

Brimbank City Council, Melbourne Water and Friends of Kororoit Creek will collaborate in revegetating and restoring 1.2km of Kororoit Creek in Sunshine West. This project connects small vital waterway habitats, improving biodiversity by planting native vegetation and installing rocks, logs, and artificial hollows.

12. Maribyrnong River and Stony Creek wildlife protection and habitat creation
Maribyrnong City Council

This project will protect and improve 9 hectares of wetland sites with a fencing program and habitat enhancement activities along 3 hectares of Stony Creek. It will create a natural outdoor, green-blue space connecting Footscray, Tottenham, Kingsville, and Yarraville communities. Following the works, Maribyrnong City Council will monitor the wildlife.

13. Infill Revegetation & Biolinking along Moonee Ponds Creek
Friends of Moonee Ponds Creek

This project will restore a quarter of a hectare of bioink for many animals along Moonee Ponds Creek between Hopetoun Reserve (upstream) and Brady Reserve (downstream). This is achieved by removing weeds and planting of native species.

14. Community bringing Curlty Sedge back to Curly Sedge Creek
Whittlesea Community Connections

Working alongside Narrap Rangers and Yarra Valley Water, 12 community plantings will support revegetation efforts along 6,000 square metres of Curly Sedge Creek, a tributary of Merri Creek. The area shelters one of the few intact populations of nationally vulnerable curly sedges and provides the habitat for growling grass frogs.

15. Creating habitat at Edwardes Lake, Edgars Creek Wetlands and Edgars Creek
Friends of Edwardes Lake

This project will improve water quality and biodiversity outcomes through targeted plantings and habitat installations at Edwards Lake and Edgars Creek and Wetland. Hollow dependent animals such as the Australian wood ducks, eastern long-necked turtles, Kookaburras, possums, and microbats will benefit from the works.

16. Edgars Creek Corridor Project
Merri-bek City Council

Council, community, and Friends groups will revegetate and restore three sites along the Edgars Creek corridor in Coburg North. New nature play elements for local families and kindergartens will learn about caring for the environment and protecting habitats such as the endangered tussock skinks found in the area.

17. Connecting up Communities - Corridors and Refuges for Urban Fauna
Merri Creek Management Committee

The project aims to plant over 17,000 shrubs, grasses, and native herb species along a 4km stretch of Merri Creek (from Northcote to Coburg) to improve habitat connectivity. The project will install new wildlife friendly fences, providing safe shelters for Swamp Wallabies and woodland birds.

18. Royal Park Creek Restoration
City of Melbourne

The City of Melbourne project will see the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Narrap Unit work to restore an unloved but historic creek on the edge of Royal Park. The creek runs into the Trin Warren Tam-Boore Wetland and connects to Moonee Ponds Creek.

19. Glen Iris Wetlands and Gardiners Creek (KooyongKoot) Biodiversity Project
Stonnington City Council

Stonnington City Council will work with the local Glen Iris community, schools, Friends of Groups, and Rotary Club to remove weeds, plant native trees and shrubs, clear excess sediment and wastewater, improving water quality and habitat around the Glen Iris Wetlands.

20. Gardiners Creek Reserve/KooyongKoot biodiversity Corridor revegetation
KooyongKoot Alliance

KooyongKoot Alliance plans to revegetate 1200 square metres of Gardiners Creek Reserve, Burwood, restoring and creating a new corridor for native flora and fauna. The project hopes to restore the habitat for Rakali (the “Australian Otter” or water-rat), Spotted Pardalotes, common blue tongued lizards and endangered Gang-Gang cockatoos.

21. Blackburn Lake Sanctuary Main Inlet Wetland Regeneration
The Whitehorse Community Indigenous Plant Project (Bungalook Nursery)

Bringing the community together through the Gardiners Creek Regional Collaboration, this project will plant 4,000 trees and shrubs at Blackburn Lake Sanctuary. Habitat enhancement works at the upper reaches of Gardiners Creek/KooyongKoot, benefiting native species such as Sacred Kingfishers and Yellow tailed black cockatoos.

22. Planting the Seed – Helping Schoolchildren Create a Living Classroom
Eco Warriors Australia

This hands-on project, coordinated with an Indigenous representative, teaches primary school students to collect, propagate and care for native seedlings. The seedlings will be used to revegetate a 10 hectares site at Yering Billabong. After planting, students will use a data collection tool to monitor their revegetation sites.

23. Habitat Regeneration at Upper Yarra Treatment Plant
Yarra Valley Water

Revegetation and weed management will restore 35 hectares of wetland and improve water quality to connecting creeks and tributaries, including the Yarra River. Planting native plants and shrubs will start in June this year, and once established, critically endangered Helmeted Honeyeaters and Leadbeater’s possums will be relocated to the area.