Applicant | Project name | Project focus | Council district |
Macclesfield Bushcare Group | Equipment to support Bushcare volunteers of the Macclesfield Bushcare Group. | Purchase of green power tools and personal protective equipment for volunteers of the Macclesfield Bushcare Group. | Mount Barker |
K Jenkinson | Middleton Creek Improvement project - Ngarrindjeri Yarluwar-Ruwe | This project will continue volunteer work to improve a section of the Middleton Creek, via in-fill revegetation and bush care works. | Alexandrina |
Shottesbrooke Winery | McLaren Vale Cellar Door Tree Trail 2 | Cellar Doors to display information on the importance of selected trees in relation to climate and other biodiversity factors, such oxygen production, CO2 removed from the atmosphere and how much shade it provides. | Onkaparinga |
N+D Hosking | Rejuvenation of Back Valley Demonstration Site. | Protect and restore native vegetation and freshwater ecosystems on a Back Valley demonstration site | Victor Harbor |
Tatachilla Lutheran College | Native Propagation Station | A native propagation station at the school’s Eco Classroom to propagate local native plants. | Onkaparinga |
Friends of Wirrina | Friends of Wirrina Landcare Group | Maintaining and building on the the Landcare work already done at Wirrina to help develop an area rich in biodiversity. | Yankalilla |
A Williams | Hidden Hill Farm Creek Restoration | Revegetation of a watercourse and surrounding dam area. | Yankalilla |
D Wlochowicz | Removal of weeds and regeneration of native grasses | Protect and restore the native vegetation on a private property in Bradbury for rare plants and endangered wildlife. | Adelaide Hills |
T Milne | Halting biodiversity decline at Anawatta | Fencing critical paddock trees and small remnants as part of a longer-term transition to a regenerative agriculture approach. | Victor Harbor |
J Faber | Wildlife Food Forest | Expansion of a nature corridor for native wildlife from near Newland Head Conservation Park (NHCP) to other surrounding properties. | Victor Harbor |
T Kuchel | Firetail Ridge Revegetation | Habitat restoration for the Diamond Firetail. | Mount Barker |
P Fitzsimons | Weed removal and replace with native species to encourage biodiversity | Weed removal and revegetation on a private property to protect remnant vegetation. | Adelaide Hills |
Investigator College | Casella Wines Conservation Partnership | Purchase of PPE and tools for watercourse weed control and revegetation, with student education outcomes. | Alexandrina |
Finniss Catchment Group | Finniss River Riparian Improvement | Retain and enhance native riparian ecosystems by removing weeds in the riparian zone of the Finniss River. | Alexandrina |
Friends of Scott Creek Conservation Park | Post Fire Recovery in Scott Creek Conservation Park | Weed control within Scott Creek Conservation Park to support fire recovery - particularly threatened species including the Nationally Endangered Southern Brown Bandicoot. | Adelaide Hills |
J Dallwitz | The Mistletoe Block Project Exhibition | Produce photographic information panels to highlight local native flora and fauna species such as the white-naped Honeyeater. | Yankalilla |
Fleurieu Environment Centre | Status For Two Water Course on The Fleurieu Peninsula | Water quality and quantity monitoring of the Yankalilla and Parananacooka | Yankalilla |
Friends of Black Hill and Morialta | Black Hill - Amber's Gully woodland restoration | Continuing to protect habitat for native flora and fauna species including a number of threatened Woodland (bird) species. | Adelaide Hills |
Friends of Sunnyspring Glen Reserve | Revegetation of Sunnyspring Glen Reserve | Revegetation to expand and build resilience of a threatened woodland biome found in the Mount Lofty Ranges. | Adelaide Hills |
Prospect Hill Bushland Group | Community Baseline Monitoring of Wildlife in Ti Tree Creek | Purchase of equipment to detect threatened and feral species within a cluster of private properties and develop management strategies. | Alexandrina |
Kangarilla Landcare Group Incorporated | Monitoring of endangered species: Southern Brown Bandicoot | Purchase of equipment to help monitor the locations of Bandicoot populations within the Kangarilla area to assist with recovery actions. | Onkaparinga |
J Whittaker | Weed Control | Woody weed control in remnant vegetation on private property working with neighbouring properties. | Mount Barker |
J Byrne | Steep Gully Reveg | Purchasing of fencing materials to protect remnant and revegetation on private property. | Alexandrina |
J McKenzie | Bringing back banksias to grow more food for endangered pygmy possums | Increasing the distribution and abundance of Banksia plants to support the endangered pygmy possums alongside a Threatened Fleurieu Swamp. | Yankalilla |
S Huxford | Post bushfire weed removal follow-up | Post-bushfire weed control on private property in areas of high biodiversity value, allowing for ongoing manual bush care and maintenance. | Adelaide Hills |
A Phillips | Watercourse restoration of section of Ti-Tree Creek | Restoration and fencing for stock exclusion along the Ti-tree creek and improved downstream water quality. | Alexandrina |
Stanes Family Pty Ltd | Improve biodiversity, increase native vegetation and restore wildlife habitats on a Private Farm | Part of a 10-year project to plant 1,000 trees, shrubs and grasses on private property every year, with the aim of improving biodiversity, increasing native vegetation and restoring wildlife habitats. | Mount Barker |
A Russo | Extending Southern Brown Bandicoot Habitat | Bandicoot recovery via a corridor between two properties. | Victor Harbor |
Encounter Lutheran College | Encounter Lutheran College Creek Regeneration | School students to work in collaboration with local Indigenous Elder, Cedric Varcoe, community groups and volunteers to return part of this parcel of land to its original state. | Victor Harbor |
Hills Biodiversity | Willa Willa Bush Regeneration Project | Bush regeneration and wildlife monitoring project in the upper reaches of Brown Hill Creek in Crafers, Adelaide Hills – including weed infested steep terrain, and collaboration with Adelaide University's Bolstering Bandicoot project and SA Museum's Pygmy Possum project. | Adelaide Hills |
Hills Christian Community School | Stage 2 Creek restoration and connection to Onkaparinga River | Rehabilitation of creek line flowing into the Upper Onkaparinga River – including weed removal, revegetation of the riparian zone and construction of a rock chute to reduce water erosion. | Adelaide Hills |
Sixth Creek Catchment Group | Re-establishing Biodiversity in Sustainable Riparian Habitats of the Sixth Creek (RBSRH_SC) | Rehabilitation of the only permanently flowing watercourse in the central Adelaide hills through weed eradication and rehabilitation along Sixth Creek to the confluence with the River Torrens. | Adelaide Hills |
Adelaide Hills Council | Riparian restoration of Cox Creek in Bridgewater Recreation Reserve | Improve habitat and water quality of the watercourse, riparian zone and Blechnum bog of Cox Creek in Bridgewater Recreation Reserve. | Adelaide Hills |
Yundi Nature Conservancy | Restoring biodiversity in a Fleurieu Peninsula Swamp at Yundi (HA1027) | Applying lessons learned from the 2020-21 Grassroots Grant entitled “Aboriginal knowledge/values for Fleurieu Swamp species” including adjoining and downstream landholders participating in swamp restoration. | Alexandrina |
Hindmarsh Island Landcare Group Inc. | Improving the quality of our ecosystem rehabilitation by expanding the range of plant species we are using and incorporating these species into our planting program. | Revegetation and weed control on Ferryman’s Reserve, investigating underutilised Hindmarsh Island plant species, including ID of local rare plants and increasing nursery capacity from 50,000 to 60,000 plants per annum. | Alexandrina |
The Forktree Project | The Forktree Project | A rewilding project that involves restoring native habitat to an extensively cleared 53ha former pastoral property in the Fleurieu Peninsula, helping rebuild habitat for native flora and fauna, and sequestering CO2 to help combat climate change. | Yankalilla |
N Baart | Lenswood Remnant Vegetation Rehabilitation Project | Protect and restore 1.2Ha of remnant native vegetation on private property by removing grazing pressures from sheep and kangaroos, and targeting invasive weeds. | Adelaide Hills |
V McMillan | Heritage Area Protection and Enhancement 1 | Protection and restoration of remnant vegetation to protect Brown wallaby grass, Brown bandicoots and the Rosenberg Goanna. | Yankalilla |
Grain Producers SA | Sustain Grain Fleurieu Peninsula | Grain Producers SA propose to host a crop walk for growers, providing skills and information in soil data management and interpretation, soil health, opportunities in carbon sequestration and ways to reduce greenhouse emissions to on grain growers and mixed farmers. | Yankalilla, Alexandrina, Adelaide Hills |
Friends of Hindmarsh River Estuary (FoRHE) Victor Harbor | Hindmarsh River Estuary - restoration | This project aims to protect and restore native vegetation, habitat ecosystems of areas of the Hindmarsh River Estuary forming easily accessible environmental reserve within the increasingly urbanized city limits of Victor Harbor. | Victor Harbor |
Adelaide Hills Wine Region | Sustainable Vineyards in the Adelaide Hills Wine Region | This project will build the capacity and capability of wine grape growers in the Adelaide Hills Wine Region (AHWR) to adopt and continuously improve sustainable land management practice. | Mount Barker |
Kanmantoo Callington Landcare Inc | Greening the Bremer | Our vision is a restored and protected habitat corridor along both sides of the Bremer River and its tributaries to improve native vegetation and freshwater ecosystems. | Mount Barker |
M Nash | Novel solutions to ongoing problems to enhance sustainable land management – Ryegrass and Phalaris Staggers | The project will conduct workshops facilitated by Jane Slattery - Co-Founder of Natural Intelligence Farming to address problems associated with grazing ryegrass pastures compared to growing mixed species pastures improve stock health. | Yankalilla |
Aquasave - NGT | Fence construction to protect a sub-population of River Blackfish | Fencing to protect River Blackfish (Gadopsis marmoratus) - which is now considered endangered and remains as four distinct sub-populations in large spring-fed pools in separate catchments. | Mount Barker |
Adelaide Hills Wine Region | Improving Water and Soil Management Through Monitoring in the Adelaide Hills Wine Region | This project will promote education and behavioural change among grape growers in the Adelaide Hills Wine Region (AHWR) to improve water and soil management through the broader adoption of soil-moisture and -temperature monitoring technology. | Mount Barker |
Biodiversity McLaren Vale (BMV) | Baseline biodiversity survey for creek-lines of the Willunga Basin | This project will undertake a biodiversity survey of the Pedler, Maslin & Willunga Creeks to understand the existing environmental and biodiversity values; identify areas of higher priority and develop appropriate management strategies. | Onkaparinga |
J Baker | Seadragons of Fleurieu Waters – Citizen Science and Public Education | The project aims to increase community knowledge about the populations of leafy and weedy seadragons that live in Fleurieu Peninsula waters; to encourage community to learn more about threatening processes that may impact seadragons, so that divers and snorkelers can help to protect populations of these legislatively protected species in accessible areas. | Yankalilla, Victor Harbor, Onkaparinga |
Willunga Hills Face Landcare Group Inc | Caring for the Washpool Wetland catchment, Willunga Basin: revegetation and stream waterflow management, SA Water Plains Road site | The aim is to establish a demonstration site for watercourse revegetation (3,250 new, 750 infill plants) in the Washpool wetland catchment, Willunga basin, with the ultimate objective of improving water quality entering the Washpool wetland. | Onkaparinga |