Conservation and restoration of landscapes across the Kiewa Catchment is a priority for many landholders and groups.  On-ground actions, including revegetation, weed control, and fencing of waterways and farm dams, are undertaken through community projects on public land and on private properties.

KCLG also coordinates a range of events to raise awareness of various conservation and biodiversity themes, including weed and pest control, threatened species protection, best practice revegetation, and plant identification.  We also encourage and support citizen science programs.  Our key partners and funding organisations include North-East CMA, Agriculture Victoria, AGL, Murray-Darling Basin Commission, ANU Sustainable Farms, Wild Research and EnviroDNA

Our recent projects have included:

• We are currently undertaking a three-year platypus monitoring program using eDNA for the Kiewa River and tributaries, funded by AGL and supported by EnviroDNA. Our year one sampling yielded 90% positive results for platypus presence across 60 sites in the catchment, and our year 2 sampling has yielded 88% positive signal across 40 sampled sites!  Our third round of sampling will occur in 2026.
• Busting Blackberries workshop series
• Healthy Rivers Project
• Various private land restoration projects
• Connecting Communities with Biodiversity in the Kiewa Catchment
• Various events on species conservation, including reptiles, bandicoots, crayfish, turtles, and frogs.