Awareness raising and on-ground work to benefit the creek, its catchment area and Western Port
This project will build on past programs to protect and enhance the catchment of Cardinia Creek through wide-scale awareness raising and on-ground investment into measures to improve water quality, manage bushfire risk for the upper catchment and work on issues along new developments at the lower end of the catchment.
The project is a component of the larger Healesville to Phillip Island Nature Link concept.
Themes and Local Areas
| Primary Theme: | Native vegetation |
| Other Themes: | Wetlands, Native animals, Waterways, Communities, Land use, Sustainable agriculture |
| Primary Local Area: | Casey, Cardinia & Baw Baw |
| Other Local Areas: | Yarra Ranges & Nillumbik |
| Project location: | Dandenong Ranges to Western Port along Cardinia Creek |
| Scale of the project: | Landscape |
| New or continuing work: | Continuing/building on previous work |
Project partners
| Lead organisation: | Southern Ranges Environment Alliance |
| Key partners: | Cardinia Catchment Landcare Inc., Upper Beaconsfield Association Inc., Friends of Cardinia Creek Sanctuary Inc., Cardi Creek Kids, Friends of Manna Gum Reserve, Healesville to Phillip Island Nature Link Inc. |
| Registered Aboriginal Party/s relevant to the project or its area: | Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation |
Investment opportunities
| Opportunities for investors within this project start from: | $$ (Tens of thousands of dollars) |
| Estimated scale of investment for full project implementation: | $$$ (Hundreds of thousands of dollars) |
| Estimated timeframe for full project implementation: | 2-10 years |
Contribution toward targets
| Primary Regional Catchment Strategy target: | Major new biolinks – Significant, sustained revegetation programs have been undertaken from 2021 to 2050 and have created numerous major biolinks in priority locations across the region |
| Relevant Biodiversity 2037 goal: | Revegetation of priority areas for connectivity between habitats |
| Relevant National Landcare Program priority: | Ramsar – Western Port Ramsar site – Ecological character maintained or improved |
