A Reforestation Project- RDA Great Southern
Period: 2024 - 2028
Funding Body: Regional Development Australia Great Southern
Funds: $100,000
Project Officers: Jenna Walliser
Summary
A legacy generously left by a retired Great Southern Farmer, greening the Great Southern region aiding much needed landscape restoration, beautification, and marginal land improvement. Gillamii will work with the local community and co-ordinate and collaborate with the catchment groups and local shires to establish seedlings and ensure positive outcomes for environmental and agricultural sustainability within the region. The funding enables a range of plantings to be undertaken by land managers including shelter belts, salt land mitigation and fodder systems, and native revegetation, while adequately supporting our regional NRM groups to execute these essential activities.
Beginning in 2025, Gillamii is leading the RDA Great Southern ‘A Reforestation Project’, supporting local catchment groups and shires to deliver regional revegetation outcomes. Acting as project coordinator, Gillamii provides resources, guidance, and reporting to RDA while empowering participating groups to manage site selection, planting, and landholder engagement.
With decades of trusted experience in NRM and Landcare, these groups oversee local EOIs, landholder agreements, seedling orders, and on-ground planting to ensure successful, community-driven revegetation across the Great Southern.
In the 2025 planting season, Gillamii worked local catchment groups, North Stirlings Pallinup Natural Resources, Wilson Inlet Catchment Council, & Fitzgerald Biosphere Group.
Objectives & Outcomes
Establish seedlings in year 1 within the Kent-Frankland Region and oversee increased native vegetation cover and biodiversity across the Great Southern through resource distribution.
Work collaboratively with respective NRM bodies and Organisations in the Great Southern region to disperse funds for revegetation.
Manage stakeholders and reporting
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