Bushfire recovery for affected native wildlife in Hume
Six projects have been selected to support bushfire recovery in Hume as part of the Morrison Government grants program to help our native wildlife and habitat recover from the devastation of this summer’s bushfires.
“We have made a $200 million commitment to the long-term recovery of threatened species, native animals and local habitats,” Minister Ley said.
“We are working with ecologists, Indigenous leaders, bushfire experts, scientists, wildlife experts and community organisations in preparing strategies to build back better for our wildlife and landscapes.”
Federal Member for Hume Angus Taylor welcomed the projects and said that local activities would include weed and erosion control, revegetation and improvements to fish passage along sections of the Wingecarribee River.
“The people of Hume have been deeply affected by the fires and seeing the environment recover around them and the return of native animals is an important part of the recovery process.”
“It is going to take time, but the community, with the right backing from the Government, will play a vital role in making it happen.”
In May the Government committed a further $150 million for bushfire recovery for native wildlife and habitat areas in addition to the initial $50 million funding. These funds will be invested in bushfire affected regions over the next two years.
A list of the projects to be delivered in Hume is available below. Many of these projects are working across multiple states and regions.
More information about work to support bushfire recovery for wildlife and habitat is on the Department’s website: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/bushfire-recovery or email: BRIT@awe.gov.au
Wildlife and Habitat Bushfire Recovery Program - Round 1 funded projects in Federal Electorate of Hume. Some projects involve activities across multiple locations in multiple states.
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Project title |
Location* |
Applicant |
Grant |
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Releasing Macquarie Perch and Restoring Fish Habitat in Bushfire Affected Areas This project will undertake restoration of 20km of riparian habitat impacted by bushfires to improve habitat for turtle, fish and crayfish. |
Throughout Victoria, NSW and Queensland (multiple locations), including the Wingecarribee River |
Landcare Australia Ltd Partners: Native Fish Australia, OzFish |
$384,550 |
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Saving the spinys: urgent actions to conserve the Euastacus freshwater crayfish The project will support the recovery of the 22 priority Euastacus species (freshwater crayfish) affected by the bushfires, by identifying critical populations, exploring the feasibility of conservation translocations, and determining how to best conserve each species. |
Eastern Victoria, through NSW/ACT, to southern Queensland (multiple locations) |
The Trustee for Nature Glenelg Trust |
$654,500 |
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Determining landscape-scale impacts of fire on biodiversity using eDNA |
South-eastern Australia (ACT, NSW, |
Monash University |
$255,060 |
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Raising the Regent from the ashes This project will support the post-fire recovery of the Regent Parrot, including by post-fire surveys (in both burnt and unburnt habitat), undertaking Noisy Miner control, and trialling the reintroduction of Needle-leaf Mistletoe in critical breeding habitat. |
NSW (multiple locations), including Burragorang Valley |
BirdLife Australia Partners: Australian National University, Taronga Conservation Society Australia |
$150,575 |
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Building capacity for resilience & recovery of threatened ecological communities A large-scale project that aims to develop adaptive fire management strategies to improve prospects for 8 priority ecological communities and 7 animal species, by integrating remote sensing, ground survey and citizen science with management. |
Eastern Australia, from Victoria to southeast Queensland (multiple locations) |
University of New South Wales |
$723,811 |
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Securing threatened frogs from bushfire impact Focusing on nine priority frog species, the project aims to assess the damage to habitat, implement mitigation works to support frog populations, and establish ‘biobanks’ for species at risk of extinction. |
NSW (from the north coast and tablelands to the southern forests) |
University of Newcastle Partners: Forestry Corp (NSW), NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, South Australian Museum, Australian Museum, University of New England, Gaia Research |
$751,982 |
* These are the indicative location of the projects, which are subject to change.
The full list of projects is available here: https://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/bushfire-recovery/open-grant-program
