Koala Tree Planting
Projects

Every winter (June, July & August) Koala Clancy Foundation conducts multiple koala tree planting projects across the Little River, Moorabool River and Barwon River catchments, west of Melbourne Victoria.

The experts at Koala Clancy Foundation design the project, source and order the local indigenous trees and shrubs, co-ordinate contractors to prepare the site, source funding, plant the trees and complete followup maintenance over several years.  Most of the trees are planted by community volunteers, schools, university students and Melbourne-based corporate groups, under the supervision of experienced Koala Clancy Foundation leaders. 

Our koala tree planting projects have achieved high survival rates.  88% survival after one year is an average across most of our 2020 plantings. 

You can view 48 of our tree planting sites on global ecosystem restoration platform Restor.  Go to https://restor.eco/map and search for “Koala Clancy Foundation” – you’ll see our team listing. 

Summary of projects in 2024: 

Moorabool Manna Gums for Koalas: 8100 koala trees in 2024; 3618 planted in 2023. Read more.

Moorabool River at Meredith: 8100 koala trees in 2024

Little River at Balliang: 9500 koala trees in 2024

Barrabool Wetlands for Koalas: 5700 koala trees in 2024; 1859 planted in 2023; 5411 planted in 2022. Read more.

Moorabool River at Maude: 5300 koala trees in 2024

Plains Grassy Woodlands for Koalas: 1000 koala trees in 2024: 10,663 koala trees in 2023; 5469 planted in 2022. Read more.

Projects ..... to be planted June to August 2024

koala tree planting site moorabool

Project: Moorabool Manna Gums for Koalas

Overview: “Restoring a Manna Gum forest koala habitat on the fertile lower reaches of the Moorabool River, close to a resident koala population, far from roads, and managed by sympathetic landowners with a proven track-record for biodiversity management.” Janine Duffy, President Koala Clancy Foundation Location: Moorabool River, Lethbridge Status: 2024 planting complete: 7,756 koala trees planted from 2 June to 23 June. 2023 planting complete, 3618 trees planted on 3 & 4 June 2023. Project supported by: This project has been fully funded by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). IFAW...

Ongoing Projects...continuing in 2024

Summary of all projects: 

Moorabool Manna Gums for Koalas: 8100 koala trees in 2024; 3618 planted in 2023. Read more.

Moorabool River at Meredith: 8100 koala trees in 2024

Little River at Balliang: 9500 koala trees in 2024; will be added to total 8817 koala trees 2016 – 2021.

Barrabool Wetlands for Koalas: 5700 koala trees in 2024; will be added to 7270 planted in 2022 – 2023. Read more.

Moorabool River at Maude: 5300 koala trees in 2024

Plains Grassy Woodlands for Koalas: 1000 koala trees in 2024: will be added to total 16,132 koala trees in 2023 & 2022. Read more.

Moorabool Tributary at Gheringhap:  total 12095 koala trees planted from 2019 to 2023. Read more.

101 Koala Road, Gnarwarre: 4,566 koala trees in 2023 Read more.

Balliang Plains: 1,500 koala trees in 2023

Down Yonder at Russells Bridge: 2,790 koala trees in 2023

You Yangs North: total 8987 koala trees 2020 – 2022

You Yangs Little River Koala Link: total 2456 koala trees 2022

Balliang Grey Box Woodland: total 10275 koala trees 2016 – 2022 Read more. 

Balliang Creek: total 2521 koala trees planted from 2019 to 2020. 

Beremboke: total 5142 koala trees planted 2020 to 2021. 

Red Gum Floodplain: total 2924 koalas trees in 2022.

Sutherlands Creek: total 2628 koala trees planted 2021 – 2022. 

and many other smaller projects. 

Past projects