The Australian Government is investing $8 million in 28 projects across the country under the Fisheries Habitat Restoration Program to assist in restoring the health and functionality of coastal and estuarine fisheries habitats.

Two projects will be delivered in the Port Phillip and Western Port region - one focused on restoring critical vegetation communities throughout Western Port and another that will create an artificial shellfish reef in eastern Port Phillip Bay.

Since August the Farms2Schools program has delivered 102 online incursions to 5,586 students all across the Port Phillip and Western Port region. They've learnt about many aspects of agriculture, including production, farm life, food variety, technology and careers. 

Many of the participating schools have shared their experiences and the positive relationships they've forged with  their local farms so we gathered together some of the highlights.

The PPWCMA's six Agricultural and Environmental Works Crews are now on the ground and started work this week across the region. They're part of a six month project to assist farmers, organisations and community groups to deliver their agricultural and environmental projects while providing employment to Victorians.

The crews will be spending the next couple of weeks completing important training and supporting Parks Victoria with work on their sites before they moving onto work engaged through the EOI process.

A couple of places are still available for this forum. Discuss the impact of environmental events and disasters (with a focus on recent fire events) and share ideas on how to re-empower volunteers and groups in the face of real-life climate change and this two-part online forum.

Landcare and community environmental groups in the Werribee or Maribyrnong catchments have the opportunity to undertake a cultural heritage activity with Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation in 2020-21 at no cost to their group.