Koala Tree Planting
Projects
Details of our revegetation projects
We’ve planted over two-thirds of our target, in 6 years!
The experts at Koala Clancy Foundation design our tree planting projects, source, order, and grow 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, 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.
Interactive Project Map
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. Zoom in on the interactive map to learn more about each project, or scroll down for further details.
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Summary of projects in 2025:
Little River at You Yangs north: 7292 koala trees & plants in 2025 added to 8987 koala trees from 2020 – 2022.
Moorabool River at Maude: 3925 koala trees & plants in 2025 added to 2602 koala trees in 2024
Barwon River at Stonehaven: 7440 koala trees & plants in 2025, added to 2845 koala trees in 2021
Stony Ck at Staughton Vale: 1630 planted, expected 1800 koala trees & plants in 2025, added to 895 planted in 2021 – 2023
Summary of all projects:
Moorabool Manna Gums for Koalas: 7756 koala trees in 2024; 3618 planted in 2023. Read more.
Moorabool River at Meredith: 8002 koala trees in 2024
Little River at Balliang: 9263 koala trees in 2024; added to total 8817 koala trees 2016 – 2021.
Barrabool Wetlands for Koalas: 6261 koala trees in 2024; added to 7270 planted in 2022 – 2023. Read more.
Moorabool River at Maude: 2602 koala trees in 2024
Plains Grassy Woodlands for Koalas: 1208 koala trees in 2024, 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
Planting Hope: Regenerating Koala habitat in the Moorabool Valley
This guest post was written by Fiona Gray, a landowner participating in Koala Clancy Foundation’s tree planting project. Since the time of writing, the Koala Clancy community has completed the planting project on Fiona and her partner Damien’s property, planting a total of 6527 trees. To support more projects like
Project : 101 Koala Road, Gnarwarre
Overview: “Once, there would have been at least 101 koalas living in the Barrabool Hills around Gnarwarre, west of Geelong. Now there’s only a handful. Nearby the beautiful Barwon River longs for koalas to doze in its ancient Red Gums, eat their leaves, and sing through the summer nights. But
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.” Location: Moorabool River, Lethbridge Status: 2024 planting complete: 7,756 koala trees planted
Project: Barrabool Wetlands for Koalas
Transformation of a cattle farm into a biodiverse wetland.
Project: You Yangs North
ongoing tree planting project for koalas at the You Yangs
Project : Plains Grassy Woodlands for Koalas.
Tree planting for koalas in western Victoria – restoring an endangered ecosystem adjacent to a nature reserve with a koala population
You can also 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 2025:
Little River at You Yangs north: expected 6100 koala trees & plants in 2025 will be added to 8987 koala trees from 2020 – 2022.
Moorabool River at Maude: expected 4000 koala trees & plants in 2025 will be added to 2602 koala trees in 2024
Barwon River at Stonehaven: expected 7200 koala trees & plants in 2025, will be added to 2845 koala trees in 2021
Stony Ck at Staughton Vale: expected 1500 koala trees & plants in 2025, will be added to 895 planted in 2021 – 2023
Summary of all projects:
Moorabool Manna Gums for Koalas: 7756 koala trees in 2024; 3618 planted in 2023. Read more.
Moorabool River at Meredith: 8002 koala trees in 2024
Little River at Balliang: 9263 koala trees in 2024; added to total 8817 koala trees 2016 – 2021.
Barrabool Wetlands for Koalas: 6261 koala trees in 2024; added to 7270 planted in 2022 – 2023. Read more.
Moorabool River at Maude: 2602 koala trees in 2024
Plains Grassy Woodlands for Koalas: 1208 koala trees in 2024, 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.