The following projects were completed in 2005-2006 as a part of Round 6 of the Envirofund.  In total, 20 members received $298,200 construct  122 km of fence and plant almost 130,000 native seedlings.

 

• Project 50894 - Rehabilitate and Preserve Remnant Vegetation in the Lower Irwin Catchment
  • This project will fence two stands of highly valuable remnant vegetation and fence and revegetate 10km of wildlife corridors with 10,000 native seedlings.

 

• Project 50895 – Stage 3 – Development of Corridors and Windbreaks in the Mingenew Shire, WA
  • This project will protect 24km of corridor throughout the Mingenew Shire and create windbreaks on the fragile sand plain West of Mingenew. This will contribute to the enclosure of 607ha of remnant, riparian and rehabilitated vegetation. 18,000 seedlings will planted to extend and infill corridors and windbreaks. This is necessary to encourage the movement and habitation of fauna in some of the less vegetative areas and to provide a sufficient windbreak to the prevailing on-shore winds, which are highly erosive on the sand plain.

 

• Project 50902 - Preserving Remnant Vegetation in the Mingenew and Irwin Shires, WA
  • This project will contribute to the enclosure and enhancement of 222ha of remnant vegetation. This includes works on 8 individual patches of remnant vegetation, erecting 10.2km of stock proof fencing and planting 27,500 native seedlings.

 

• Project 50903 - Protecting Vegetation in the Nangetty, Yandanooka and West Morowa District WA
  • This project will protect riparian, remnant and naturally regenerating areas in the headlands of the Irwin Catchment.  This project involves 6 landowners and will erect 16.5km of fencing. 10,000 native seedlings will be planted to re-establish an area that has been degraded by clearing and overgrazing.  There will be 194ha directly protected, which will link up with the other protected remnant vegetation.

 

• Project 50906 - Farmers of Tabletop Road Protecting their Shared Natural Resources, Irwin
  • This project will protect four stands of remnant vegetation and one creek line that will be revegetated to link with existing roadside corridors. Three new rehabilitated areas that are to be planted with native flora species will also be protected. Planting along fence lines will provide wind protection for fragile limestone sands, as well as providing important links between roadside vegetation and isolated patches of remnant vegetation. In total, 27.8km of stock proof fence will be erected and 9,950 seedlings planted. This will enclose 297ha of remnant, riparian and rehabilitated vegetation.

 

• Project 50907 - Protecting Remnant Vegetation and Waterways of the Otowiri and Mullingara Systems, WA
  • This project will erect 14.15km of stockproof fencing to protect significant stands of remnant and riparian vegetation. It will also plant 12,500 native seedlings to improve two degraded waterways. In total, 489ha of land will be protected, some of which links to the Arrowsmith River corridor.

 

• Project 50908 - Preserving the Irwin River and its Tributaries, Mingenew WA
  • This project will fence six tributaries and headways to reduce siltation and peak surface water runoff into the Irwin River.  19.7km of fence will be erected around 655ha and 20,000 native trees and understorey seedlings planted to enhance the restoration of the tributaries.