Wildcare Australia Inc volunteers responded to the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast bushfires in September 2019 which highlighted the need to be fully prepared to respond to future bushfires and other natural disaster events. During the 2019 bushfires, Wildcare...

Wildcare Australia Inc The 2019 bushfires, other natural events such as flooding and prolonged drought, and increased development in South-east Queensland has significantly reduced accessible natural areas for wildlife volunteers to source high quality native food to...

Noosa & District Landcare Group Intense canopy fires and the complete destruction of canopy trees in 2019 had allowed the proliferation of significant vine, grass and shrub weeds to occur at several locations in the Peregian Beach and Weyba Downs vicinity. The...

Springbrook WeedBusters Regrowth from the 2019 bushfires shows how vulnerable the Springbrook National Park is to weed incursion. Springbrook WeedBusters is a relatively new group focussed on weeding activities and landowner education. With almost $20,000 from the...

Tallebudgera Valley Nature-Culture Alliance In 2019 the Tallebudgera Valley was inundated with smoke and several (smaller) fires broke out raising concerns for local residents. ‘Understories’ is taking a bottom-up community approach using the arts to foster natural...

Noosa & District Landcare Group Inc With $50,000 from the Landcare Led Bushfire Recovery Program, Noosa & District Landcare Group have worked to enhance Cooroibah and Noosa Northshore Fire Zones through weed treatments and revegetation. This project was...

Friends of Nerang National Park Friends of Nerang National Park have used $32,000 from the Landcare Led Bushfire Recovery Program to mitigate loss of hollows for the Greater Gliders in Nerang National Park. Greater gliders (Petauroides volans) are one of the Gold...

Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee (B4C) Bulimbah and Bartopia Nature Refuges, in the headwaters of the Yamahra Creek, is over 200 hectares of privately owned land which borders the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area Mt Barney National...

Quoll Society of Australia The spotted-tailed quoll, our largest marsupial carnivore, is in serious trouble from destruction of its habitat, predation by cats and foxes, and the severe bushfires of 2019/20, quolls are on the verge of disappearing from Queensland...

Austinville Landcare The Gold Coast and Hinterland, has historically been considered relatively safe from severe bushfires. In 2019, for the first time in recorded history, fire penetrated deep into rainforest areas of Lamington National Park. With climate change it...

Noosa & District Landcare Noosa and District Landcare were successful in obtaining a Landcare Led Bushfire Recovery Grant for a glider survey and restoration project. Historical records indicate the existence of several Greater Gliders in the fire zones and a...

Watergum and Clarence Landcare Clarence Landcare in NSW and Watergum have come together to deliver the Great Cane Toad Bust with funds from a Landcare Led Bushfire Recovery Grant. Recent research has shown a boom in cane toad numbers and an accelerated geographical...

Mooloolah River Waterwatch and Landcare Mooloolah River Waterwatch and Landcare are planning to enhance the resilience of the Critically Endangered Lowland subtropical rainforest with over $44,000 of funding from the Landcare Led Bushfire Recovery Grants program....

Coolum and North Shore Coast Care Coolum and North Shore Coast Care (CaNSCC) is excited to report that 21 Hollow Log Home nesting boxes have been installed between Maroochy River and Stumers Creek in Conservation Reserves and Bushland Parks in addition to the existing...

Numinbah Valley Environmental Education Centre Parents and Citizens Association   There are two significant World Heritage Areas behind the Gold Coast - one of which was impacted directly from wildfires in 2019. Almost $70,000 in funding from the Landcare Led Bushfire...

Brisbane Valley - Kilcoy Landcare Landcare festivals will be held in two small communities in the Somerset region that were significantly affected by bushfire. Brisbane Valley – Kilcoy Landcare has arranged a program of speakers, information, music and food as part of...

Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland - Scenic Rim  Many threatened species stand to benefit from the work of the Scenic Rim branch of the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland (WPSQ) who have been establishing corridors between existing habitat refuges...

Wirrinyah Pty Ltd  The 2019 bushfires devastated a number of properties in the Lockyer Valley region. The extent of the damage was significantly influenced by the high fuel load on the properties, often as a result of incorrect and neglectful land management...

Beechmont District Landcare Association  Fire danger and rapid urban development compromise the very few remaining fragments of pre-pioneer ecosystems on the Beechmont Plateau, one of which was severely impacted by the 2019 fire. Beechmont District Landcare...

Barung Landcare Association  With over 75% of rainforest and vine forests in the Sunshine Coast region found on private land, landholders play a vital role in the recovery and survival of many species in this region. Barung Landcare was successful in securing a grant...

Boonah and District Landcare Boonah and District Landcare is looking forward to working with Firesticks Alliance on a project that hopes to bring a cross-section of the community together for a common purpose as part of The $14M Landcare Led Bushfire Recovery project...

QUT, Noosa and District Landcare and Watergum QUT (Queensland University of Technology) with Noosa and District Landcare and Watergum received $320,000 to begin an amazing new Koala Drone Monitoring Programme as part of The #14M Landcare Led Bushfire Recovery project...