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PROJECTS

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Toodyay Land Conservation District Committee Projects from 1991 - 2004 total= $241,764
Chitty Revegetation Project Demonstration on how to stabilise and revegetate areas degraded by salinity, waterlogging and erosion 1991 - $1964 State Landcare Programme.
Mapping of Toodyay Shire Mapping of the Shire of Toodyay with overlays showing roads /rail /pipes/ names/ reserves/ forests/ drainage lines/ lakes/ inundation/ catchments 1991 - $640 State Landcare Programme
Jimperding Brook Project Computer mapping of the catchment with soils/ remnant vegetation/ dams/ salt degradation/ waterways/ individual farm plans/ water monitoring 1992/1993/1994 - $17,120 National Landcare Program
Shire of Toodyay Photo-mosaic Production of photo-mosaic of the Shire of Toodyay, with associated software and mosaics of each Bushfire Brigade District 1995 - $4,000 State Landcare Programme
Fencing of Wattening Spring Funding of materials to fence off Wattening Spring to exclude livestock 1996 - $3,722 Gordon Reid Foundation
Wongamine Brook Upper Catchment Revegetation Project to revegetate a recharge area and rehabilitate an eroded creekline and salinity hazard. 1996/1997 - $6,300 National Landcare Program
Rehabilitation and Preservation of Jimperding Reserve Rehabilitation of a small reserve on the Jimperding Brook that is being degraded by weed infestation, rubbish dumping and uncontrolled access 1996 - $2,125 Community Conservation Grant
Community Landcare Coordinator Training Department of Agriculture's contribution towards setting up and training of the Community Landcare Coordinator 1997 - $5,000 Department of Agriculture
Community Landcare Coordinator Funding of the Community Landcare Coordinator for Toodyay 1998 - $22,000 Natural Heritage Trust
Wattening Catchment Piezometers The establishment of a bank of piezometers to monitor water table in the Wattening Springs area 1998 - $4,450 Gordon Reid Foundation
Community Landcare Coordinator Funding of the Community Landcare Coordinator for Toodyay 1998/1999 - $40,000 Natural Heritage Trust
Wattening Catchment Culvert Project The installation of new larger culverts underneath the road beside Wattening Springs Nature Reserve to stop water impounding 1999 - $4,103 Community Conservation Grant
Wattening Catchment Revegetation Project Comprehensive revegetation project in the Wattening Catchment to stop rising watertable 2000 - $19,950 Natural Heritage Trust
Community Landcare Coordinator Funding of the Community Landcare Coordinator for Toodyay 1999/2000 - $30,000 Natural Heritage Trust
Community Landcare Coordinator Funding of the Community Landcare Coordinator for Toodyay 2000/2001 - $13,640 Natural Heritage Trust
Community Landcare Coordinator Funding of the Community Landcare Coordinator for Toodyay 2001/2002 - $30,000 Natural Heritage Trust
Community Landcare Coordinator Funding of the Community Landcare Coordinator for Toodyay 2002/2003 - $24,750 Natural Heritage Trust II
Chitty Revegetation Project Understorey Erection of fence with rabbit netting, ripping of soil, and establishment of understorey 2003 - $1,000 Lotterywest
Community Landcare Support Officer Funding of the Community Landcare Support Officer for Toodyay 2003/2004 - $11,000 Natural Heritage Trust II.

2004 -2007

During this period the Toodyay LCDC has sponsored many funding applications for many fencing projects aropund the shire either directly or through assistance from the Community Landcare Support officer .Some examples are :-

Community Water Grants of $7,000 and Dilmah Water testing kit for Friends of the River
Envirofunds Revegetation and fencing along Boyagerring Brook, Wattening Springs, Toodyay Brook, Phillips Brook, Wongamine and Brookdale Creek.
An application for fencing from Waratah was succesful for remnant bushland in the Wongamine area.