Community projects that improve and protect habitats for native wildlife across Victoria’s urban rivers and creeks will receive a funding boost of $2 million in Round 2 of the Green Links Grants.
The new round of grants will support 10 projects and target over 70 hectares of land to improve the habitats for threatened native wildlife including the powerful owl and growling grass frog across our cities and towns.
They will also create more environmental corridors and allow 1,800 native plants to flourish in densely populated urban areas, providing more green spaces for the community to enjoy.
Successful projects include $350,000 to transform a heavily degraded section of Colac’s Barongarook Creek into a thriving natural asset and almost $300,000 to weed and plant 6000 seedlings across 17.5 hectares of woodland alongside Darebin Creek, which will be incorporated into the future Bunjil Nganga (Quarry Hills) Parkland.
Waterways and parklands play an important role in supporting community wellbeing by providing safe, natural places for people to enjoy. Many of these projects will encourage communities to volunteer and support local projects to improve habitat, such as tree planting.
The funding builds on more than $6 million provided to 23 projects through the first round of the Green Links Grants in 2024, which has supported the revegetation of more than 200 hectares of land across the Yarra, Maribyrnong, Werribee and Barwon River catchments.
Full list of Round 2 grant recipients:
- Bendigo’s creeks: Grassy green links - City of Greater Bendigo - $160,856
- Caring for Kilmore Creek - Mitchell Shire Council - $136,600
- Collaborative habitat creation along the Mullum Mullum Creek corridor - Maroondah City Council - $183,111
- Flooding Creek linear reserve green link - Wellington Shire Council - $284,371
- Greening of Mittagong Creek's tributaries in Hidden Valley, Wallan, stage 1 - Wallan Environment Group Inc. - $33,453
- Healing Darebin Creek’s northern Grassy Eucalypt Woodlands - Darebin Creek Management Committee - $299,282
- Kororoit Creek: Slice of haven in suburbia - Friends of Kororoit Creek - $23,000
- Moorabool and Barwon Rivers restoration project - City of Greater Geelong - $177,813
- Olinda Creek floodplain restoration project - Yarra Ranges Shire Council - $342,229
- Rewilding Barongarook Creek for a healthier future: Empowering community to care - Colac Otway Shire Council - $349,410
For more information, visit Green Links Grants.
Page last updated: 26/05/25