The network was awarded a $14,900 grant from the Victorian Government as part of the annual Landcare grants scheme.
Upper Merri Landcare facilitator Chris Cobern said the group had always had success with the grant program due it being recognised by the agencies which deliver the grants.
“We also have a good Landcare network of landowners in our region who are keen to rehabilitate their properties and waterways that can be vulnerable to stock,” Mr Cobern said.
“We’ve got a good name.”
The funding will go towards protecting large paddock trees that are vulnerable to stock by fencing them off.
“The trees suffer a lot due to stock camping under them, rubbing against them and ringbarking them,” Mr Cobern said.
“And gradually, across large landscapes, you can see trees blinking out.
“It’s a slow process.”
The Upper Goulburn Landcare Network is a collective of 12 Landcare groups and has been operating since 2002.
Programs also taken onboard within the network from the funding include fox control in the King Parrot catchment undertaken by three of the groups.
“They do a lot of baiting and trapping and the Mt Tribulation Hunt Club do fox drives.”
Mr Cobern said the money would also be used for training landowners in safe and efficient use of pesticides.
“We also do workshops where people use the practical skills of the different control methods, and we have experts who come and teach these skills in workshops as well as the course on chemical handling.”
Mr Coburn said all 12 groups were working well and that new members were always welcomed.
He invited people to consider the benefits that Landcare provides.
“Get involved – whether as just as a member of a local group where you’ll get benefits,” he said.
“The training and opportunities and field days, to come together with a shared purpose is productive.
“It’s all to help them maintain their properties sustainably and with good practice.”
