Creating a major new reserve featuring endangered vegetation types
The Western Grasslands Reserve Program is sponsored by DEECA and is based on land acquisition of Western Plains grassland sites to create a Western Grasslands Reserve managed by Parks Victoria.
A significant effort is required to control invasive species and undertake other management actions to improve the condition of the acquired sites.
Themes and Local Areas
| Primary Theme: | Native vegetation |
| Other Themes: | Native animals |
| Primary Local Area: | Moorabool, Melton, Wyndham & Greater Geelong |
| Other Local Areas: | – |
| Project location: | Western Melbourne basalt plains |
| Scale of the project: | Landscape |
| New or continuing work: | Building on previous work |
Project partners
| Lead organisation: | Parks Victoria |
| Key partners: | Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) |
| Registered Aboriginal Party/s relevant to the project or its area: | Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation, Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation, Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation |
Investment opportunities
| Opportunities for investors within this project start from: | $$$ (Hundreds of thousands of dollars) |
| Estimated scale of investment for full project implementation: | $$$$$ (Tens of millions of dollars) |
| Estimated timeframe for full project implementation: | 10+ years |
Contribution toward targets
| Primary Regional Catchment Strategy target: | At least 15,000 hectares of a new Western Grassland Reserve established in this region Threatened vegetation – All threatened native vegetation species in the region are retained and are self-sustainable, secure, healthy and resilient |
| Relevant Biodiversity 2037 goal: | Protect or assist one or more critically endangered or endangered species/community of native vegetation or native animal |
| Relevant National Landcare Program priority: | Ecological communities – Grassy Eucalypt Woodland and Natural Temperate Grassland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain |
More information
Parks Victoria project manager – Mike Forsyth, mike.forsyth@parks.vic.gov.au
