Yarrilinks Landcare is an independent, not-for-profit community-based organisation committed to building partnerships to conserve and restore biodiversity and maintain productive agriculture in the Yarriambiack region. We aim to connect agriculture to environment, uniting people in a common purpose. 

Yarrilinks was formed during 1998 as a result of a local Landcare group meeting regarding the concept of Biolinks – the planting of ‘corridors’ of native vegetation. These provide environmental linkages, movement corridors and habitat for native fauna and reserves for native flora in a manner that allows agricultural land uses to continue in an ecologically enhanced manner. Over 25 years the group has achieved 3000 hectares with management agreements to protect and restore local native vegetation and 400,000 indigenous seedlings have been planted involving 300 landholders. Yarrilinks is looking to build on past success to implement further environmental and sustainable agriculture outcomes within the Yarriambiack Shire involving local people and school children.

Yarrilinks Landcare also provides support for the following groups:

• Lah Landcare group

• Wallup Ag Group

• Rupanyup Landcare group

• Warracknabeal East Conservation Farmers

• Minyip Landcare group

Yarrilinks Landcare is governed by a committee and employs a Landcare facilitator funded through DEECA’s Victorian Landcare Facilitator Program. The role is currently hosted at the Wimmera Catchment Management Authority.