2023 SALP recipients

The Swan Alcoa Landcare Program (SALP) is a joint initiative of Alcoa, the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA), and the Burswood Park Board, delivered by Perth NRM, established to provide a simple process for community groups to access funding for on-ground environmental works.

Since its inception in 1998, SALP has provided more than $10 million in funding to community groups, who in turn have delivered more than 1,600 restoration projects, engaging thousands of volunteers and contributing over 241,000 work hours. This includes weeding on over 7,600 hectares, planting more than 3 million plants to revegetate over 3,100 hectares, feral animal control, and the creation of wildlife habitat.

On Thursday night (9 March, 2023), the SALP program announced the recipients of the 2023 round of funding, providing $280,00 to 25 community groups across the Perth region, for projects improving bushland and waterways.

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2023 SALP Grant Recipients

 

NORTH SUB-REGION

Friends of Lake Claremont Limited
Hand weeding to assist survival and health of revegetation at Lake Claremont
$9,900

Friends of Bennett Brook
Improving Biodiversity and Water Quality in the Bennett Brook Reserve
$20,000

Swan Estuary Reserves Action Group Inc. (SERAG)
Recovering Pelican Point / Bush Forever Site 402 for Beach-nesting and Bush Birds
$8,500

Friends of Maylands Samphires
Restoration of the Maylands Samphire Saltmarsh Threatened Ecological Community
$20,000

Berringa Park Friends Group
Berringa Wetlands Habitat Corridor
$9,300

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NORTH-EAST SUB-REGION

Ellen Brockman Integrated Catchment Group
Restoration in the Ellen Brockman Catchments
$20,000

North Swan Land Conservation District Committee
Wetland restoration in North Swan
$12,300

Chittering Landcare Group
Chittering Reserves Rehabilitation 4
$20,000

Wannamal Lake Catchment Group
Rehabilitation of saline areas of farmland in Wannamal
$10,500

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EAST SUB-REGION

Friends of John Forrest National Park
Control of Geophyte Weeds in West John Forrest National Park
$8,000

Helena River Steiner School
Improving wildlife habitat, biodiversity, water quality by revegetating the Helena River foreshore
$9,500

Blackadder Woodbridge Catchment Group
Blackadder Creek Wetland Significant Weeds Management
$1,950

Friends of Boya Trail
Protection and Rehabilitation of Boya Trail
$3,500

Lower Helena Association
Lower Helena River Wetland Restoration Project
$20,000

Friends of Falls Park
Jane Brook riparian zone and wildlife habitat restoration phase 3 (Hovea-Parkerville)
$4,850

Friends of Susannah Lakes
Continuation of the Revegetation of Wetlands around Lake Three, Susannah Brook
$4,600

Friends of Toornaart Creek
Rewilding Toornaart Creek
$4,000

Friends of Glen Park Reserve
Regeneration and maintenance of Glen Park Reserve
$10,500

Friends of Pioneer Park
Stoneville to Sexton Heritage Trail Rehabilitation
$3,600

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SOUTH SUB-REGION

Friends of Paganoni Swamp
Control of serious environmental weeds at Paganoni Swamp Reserve
$11,500

Bannister Creek Catchment Group
Floodplain maintenance and enrichment
$20,000

Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group
Restoration of the Upper Canning, Southern, Wungong Catchment Area
$20,000

Friends of Mary Carroll Wetlands
Restoration of Mary Carroll Park Wetlands
$10,500

Sister Kate’s Home Kids Aboriginal Corporation
Healing Country  – Banksia Woodland Weed Removal
$10,000

Wirambi Landcare Limited
Melville Restoration Projects
$7,000

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LONG TERM PROJECTS

Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group
This group have carried out multiple revegetation projects in the Cities of Armadale and Gosnells with extensive community involvement totalling over 23,000 volunteer hours valued at $500,000.

Bannister Creek Catchment Group
SALP funding has assisted this group in the transformation of a trapezoidal drain. The group leveraged over $824,000 in creating the Bannister Creek living stream.

Chittering Valley LCDC / Chittering Landcare Group
This group has worked across the catchment to engage and educate private landowners to undertake revegetation on their properties installing over 291,000 plants.

Ellen Brockman Integrated Catchment Group
EBICG have addressed rural land use nutrient issues through installation of stock exclusion fencing and revegetation with over 430,000 plants.

Friends of Bennett Brook
Long term SALP funding has enabled the Friends of Bennett Brook to eradicate 8 hectares of Blackberry along the brook and revegetate with over 215,000 plants.

North Swan LCDC
This group has been involved in planting over 228,000 seedlings to enhance biodiversity and create ecological corridors throughout farmland in their area.