2021-22 ACT Environment and Nature in the City Grants - Successful Projects - Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate - Environment

2021-22 ACT Environment and Nature in the City Grants - Successful Projects

In the 2021-22 round, the ACT Environment Grants Program funded 20 projects to the value of $308,856 under the Environment Grants stream and 8 projects to the value of $97,129 under the Nature in the City Grants stream.

Successful 2021-22 ACT Environment Grants projects

ProjectApplicantAmount
Protection of Pink-tailed worm lizard habitat on Tuggeranong Hill and Farrer Ridge Friends of Tuggeranong Hill, Farrer Ridge ParkCare Group and Southern Act Catchment Group $26,200
Turtles nesting in the city Ginninderra Catchment Group $25,000
Herbaceous Weed Control on Red Hill Red Hill Regenerators and Southern Act Catchment Group $31,806
Riparian Rescue with Outward Bound Outward Bound and Southern Act Catchment Group $24,375
Oaks Estate Riverbank Track Woody Weed Regrowth Control Molonglo Conservation Group $35,000
Flea Bog Flat Biodiversity Management Plan and Training Friends of Flea Bog Flat and Ginninderra Catchment Group $9,890
Urban Biodiversity at Croke Place Croke Place Landcare group and Ginninderra Catchment Group $8,140
Dryandra Woodlands Rehabilitation (year 2) The Friends of Dryandra Woodland and Molonglo Conservation Group $14,495
Blue Gum Point woodland restoration, Yarralumla (year 2) Friend of Grasslands $27,375
Narrabundah Wetlands Revegetation Molonglo Conservation Group and Old Narrabundah Community Council $18,491
North Lyneham Revegetation Project Lyneham Community Association Inc. $4,331
Planting native trees and shrubs in the Environment Meditation and Healing Garden at Grevillea Park in Barton, and their ongoing maintenance Canberra Interfaith Forum $3,000
Wildlife Warrior volunteer project – promotes active volunteering Woodlands and Wetlands Trust $26,792
Screen Planting for Soil Improvement at Fetherston Southern ACT Catchment Group and Fetherston Garden Friends $15,000
Act in ACT Earth Guardians Pty Ltd $4,300
Rehabilitation of native understory Griffith Narrabundah Community Association $1,661
Orchid survey of Mulligans Flat Wildlife Sanctuary Orchid Society of Canberra Inc. $3,000
Bravecto trialing, an alternative veterinary chemical in the management of wombat mange. University of Tasmania $10,000
Treatment aimed at reducing the impacts of wombat mange. ACT Wildlife $10,000
Creation of treatment packs offered to members of the public that assist in treating wombat mange. Wombat Rescue $10,000

2021-2022 ACT Nature in the City Grants projects

ProjectsApplicantAmount
Coombs Park Molonglo Conservation Group $14,810
Improving Urban Landscape Health, RSL Park Campbell – Stage 1 Friends of RSL Park Campbell and RSL Australia ACT Branch Inc $14,700
Watson Micro-forest Project SEE-Change $15,000
Ginninderra Urban Revegetation Ginninderra Catchment Group $13,100
Urban Cooling in Belconnen Emu Creek Landcare and Ginninderra Catchment Group $2,555
Holt Community Micro-forest Capital Region Community Services $15,000
Improved native diversity and cooling of Monash’s Pond and Grassland sites Friends of Grasslands, SEE-Change and Southern ACT Catchment Group $14,700
Mawson Ponds Wildlife Corridor Friends of Mawson Ponds and Woden Valley Community Council $7,263