The objective of the program is to support community groups to improve habitat for native fauna, foreshore condition and water quality, and to prevent erosion along the waterways in the Swan Canning Catchment.

Grants of between $3,000 and $15,000 (ex GST) in total for the duration of the project will be provided to community volunteer groups to conserve the natural, cultural, and social amenity values of the rivers, tributaries and urban drains within the Swan Canning Catchment.

This will be achieved through projects that deliver:

• Habitat improvement for birds and/or other species dependent on waterways.
• Foreshore revegetation and weed control.
• Weed control to promote natural regeneration.
• Bank stabilisation to repair or prevent foreshore erosion.
• Water quality improvement.

Projects must be in the Swan Canning Catchment or other catchments that feed into the Swan and Canning rivers.

To submit an application, please use the map in the download section below to ensure your proposed project site is located within the North Subregion on waterways or riparian zones that feed into the Swan River. Please refer to the guidelines for eligibility and information.

To apply, submit the following documents, available in the downloads section below, to rivers.systems@dbca.wa.gov.au by 25 June 2025

• Application form
• Budget
• Timeline
• Map of the project site
• Letter of support from the landowner/manager

Eligibility:

Eligible applicants:

• Community groups with a volunteer base.
• Not-for-profit Natural Resource Management (NRM) groups with a community volunteer base.

Community groups must be incorporated or sponsored (under an auspicing arrangement) by another group or organisation that will administer their grant funding (see section 13 for more information about sponsorship).

Government agencies, educational institutions, businesses, land managers or land owners may participate by forming partnerships with community groups and contributing to projects.

• Phone: (08) 9278 0900
• Email: rivers.systems@dbca.wa.gov.au