MCMC has received $87,932 from the Helen Macpherson Smith Trust to restore a gap in the habitat corridor along the Merri Creek in Fawkner. The three-year Habitat Heroes project starts in June 2014. It will bring Wurundjeri Traditional Land Owners and the diverse local community together with Merri Creek Management Committee through hands-on activities and events.

The Habitat Heroes project will provide opportunities for greater understanding of, and involvement in local biodiversity. It will also engage Wurundjeri Traditional Owners in land management practices. The Habitat Heroes are both the community members working on restoring habitat, and the Top Ten plant habitat species that are the focus of the project.

The first community planting is on 24 August 2014: participants will be Welcomed to Country by Traditional Owners, see a local snakes and lizards display and help to revegetate gaps in the habitat with trees and shrubs. This will be supplemented with weed control and ecological/cultural burning of native grasslands, enabling the Wurundjeri Narrap land management team and MCMC to work in partnership.

Residents can discover local biodiversity through interpretative events, bird surveys, and finding out how to use the 'Top Ten' Habitat Hero plant species in their gardens.