SOUTH West Goulburn Landcare Network has received $40,000 to fund three projects. The projects are; FarmBlitz, Kurkurac Creek weed management and revegetation corridor and Engaging Children Learning through Nature program. Member for Northern Victoria, Jaclyn Symes, said the grant was recognition of the crucial role Landcare volunteers play in protecting and enhancing Victorias environmental health. The projects being funded this year will deliver important environmental outcomes for country communities in the electorate and I look forward to seeing the results of the volunteers hard work in the future, Ms Symes said. Other Landcare groups to receive funding include: Upper Goulburn Landcare ($38,000) and Goulburn Murray Landcare Network ($30,000). Also receiving funding were the Hughes Creek Catchment Collaborative, $20,000 for their post fire pest animal control project, Longwood East Landcare group, $1000 for controlling weeds after the Longwood East fire and the Lower Goulburn Conservation Management Network receive $7000 for their outdoor classrooms project. Further north, the Euroa Arboretum received $15,000 for its school environmental education program, Euroa Environment Group $5000 for 2015 Watershed Year: Euroa Environmental Seminar Series, Granite Creek Projects Inc. receives $10,000 for its ongoing pest plant and animal control project and Warrenbayne Boho Land Protection Group receive $10,000 for their Brush Em Off Blackberries, Wild Tobacco and Rabbits project.