Funded Habitat Action Grants

2016-2017 funding round

Project title	Organisation	Project summary	Nearest Town	Waterway and catchment	Recommended HAG Funds $ excl GST
Eastern Creek Weir removal stage 2	Blacktown City Council	Reduce the height Eastern Creek Weir and protect creek banks from erosion	Vineyard	Eastern Creek, Hawkesbury-Nepean River	$9,000
Bobs Farm cattle fencing for salt marsh protection	Private Landholder	Fence 1.6km to keep cattle out of adjoining salt march habitat	Taylors Beach	Tilligerry Creek, Karuah River	$10,008
Restoring fish habitat Marshalls Creek, Brunswick River	Brunswick Valley Landcare	Weeding, erosion control, and revegetation of coastal forests and wetlands, Marshalls Creek, New Brighton	Ocean Shores	Marshalls Creek, Brunswick River	$39,705
Enhancing fish habitat through revegetating the Lower Coldstream River	Clarence Valley Council	Weed, revegetation, fencing 10km habitat in lower Coldstream River	Tucabia	Coldstream River, Clarence River	$37,500
Protecting Wilsons River fish habitat through riparian rehabilitation and wetland restoration	Conservation Volunteers Australia	Fencing, weeding, revegetation of 4ha riparian and wetland vegetation along 1.4km of Wilsons River	Lismore	Wilsons River, Richmond River	$34,896
Upper Castlereagh River exotic vegetation removal	Coonabarabran Landcare Inc	Controlling willows, honey locusts, privet and other tree weed species	Coonabarabran	Castlereagh River	$8,350
Mullet Creek weir upgrade and fishway*	Dapto Leagues Club Ltd	Applied for fishway at Mullet Creek weir, *funding caveat to remove and install bore	Brownsville	Mullet Creek, Lake Illawarra	$40,000
Cob "n" Co	Private Landholder	Removal of noxious and prohibited weeds (and litter) from 100m of Cob O Corn Creek and revegetation	Kyogle	Cob O Corn Creek, Richmond River	$700
Protecting fish habitat along the Lane Cove River estuary within Lane Cove National Park (Stage 3)	Friends of Lane Cove National Park	3rd year of weed control, revegetation and community involvement in lower Lane Cove River saline wetlands and buffer zones	West Chatswood	Lane Cove River, Parramatta River	$36,175
Restoring lakeside saltmarsh in Bonnells Bay	Lake Macquarie City Council (on behalf of Lakeside Retirement Landcare)	Weeding to restore an area of 2200m2 of saltmarsh on public land	Morisset/Bonnells Bay	Fullers Creek, Lake Macquarie	$17,750
Lining the banks of the Buckinbah	Little River Landcare	Riparian tree planting in Crown land, reintroducing understorey tree species to the toe of the bank in Buckinbah Creek	Yeoval	Buckinbah Creek, Macquarie River	$8,311
Gereeba Island Wallamba River bank stabilisation and habitat enhancement	MidCoast Council	Soft erosion control and mangrove planting at Wallamba River	Tuncurry	Wallamba River, Wallamba River	$29,900
Cudgegong River weed control and native grass rehabilitation	Mid-Western Regional Council	Noxious and woody weed control and planting native species over 1km stretch of Cudgegong River	Mudgee	Cudgegong River, Macquarie River	$27,500
Holy catfish!	North Coast Local Land Services	Erosion control at two sites on the Wilson River (Hastings River trib), including engineered log jams	Telegraph Point	Wilson River, Hastings River	$39,850
Habitat restoration in the Numeralla River through the re-introduction of large woody debris	Numeralla Landcare	Strategic placement of woody debris for habitat and erosion control in the Numeralla River	Numeralla	Numeralla, Murrumbidgee River	$22,625
North coast living shorelines: habitat in a bag	OceanWatch Australia	Using natural oyster shell materials to establish living shorelines to provide erosion control, fish habitat	Jerseyville, Port Macquarie	Macleay River and Hastings River	$31,200
The final stage in rehabilitation of a gravel quarry site to ensure fish passage and quality in-stream habitat on the Orara River	Orara Valley Rivercare Groups Management Committee Inc	Repair existing rock ramp fishway and adjacent erosion sites at Skewes Quarry	Karangi	Orara River, Clarence River	$40,000
Re-snagging the Richmond River	Ozfish Unlimited - Richmond River Chapter	Deploying 6 hardwood snags, Emigrant Creek	Ballina	Emigrant Creek, Richmond River	$11,473
Coopers Creek fish habitat restoration project 2016	Private Landholder	Plant secondary stage trees throughout previous stages revegetation areas	Lismore	Coopers Creek, Richmond River	$2,000
Duckmaloi River bankside rehabilitation	Private Landholder	Weeding (willows, blackberry), revegetation with native trees and grasses, removal of rubbish	Oberon	Duckmaloi River, Lachlan River	$1,500
Dungay Creek erosion control and habitat protection	Private Landholder	Erosion control and revegetation	Murwillumbah	Dungay Creek, Tweed River	$11,182
Restoring habitat values to Roseberry Creek	Roseberry Creek Landcare Incorporated	Extend restoration work undertaken by Rukenvale school children by removing noxious weed trees and vines, replanting natives	Kyogle	Roseberry Creek, Richmond River	$1,870
Recovery of the Mac, stage 1	Sofala Branch of Central Acclimatisation Society	Remediate 2 weirs in Bathurst, control willows, plant native trees/shrubs over 2km of the Macquarie River	Bathurst	Macquarie River	$27,962
Restoring lowland rainforest and wetlands on the Leycester Creek floodplain Lismore	South Lismore Duck Pond Landcare	Control woody and wetland weeds, exotic vines across 1.2ha and plant 1000 lowland rainforest trees and groundcovers along Leycester Creek	Lismore	Leycester Creek, Richmond River	$21,190
Invasive weed control & habitat restoration on the Peel River	Tamworth Regional Landcare Association	Weed control and habitat restoration on the Peel River covering a 1.5 km stretch in town centre	Tamworth	Peel River, Namoi River	$39,800
Whites Creek riparian corridor rehabilitation	Wingecarribee Shire Council	Weeding 100m of Whites Creek, Moss Vale and planting 1,250 native plants	Moss Vale	Whites Creek, Wingecarribee River	$5,000