The teams will work on community projects to enhance natural resource management (NRM) in the Peel-Harvey region.
Environment Minister Greg Hunt met the NRM partners at the Peel-Harvey Catchment Council (PHCC) to discuss the projects to be undertaken.
PHCC chairman Andy Gulliver said this year’s projects would build on previous success achieved with Green Army teams.
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“This initiative is a hands-on, practical environmental action program that supports local environment and heritage conservation projects across Australia.
“Young people, aged 17 to 24, gain practical training and experience while being paid to work in our local environment.
“Collectively, they will work on more than 60 different projects in the Peel-Harvey region to better protect wetlands, bushlands, estuaries and foreshores.”
Some Green Army projects will aid efforts to repair the landscape following the recent fires in Harvey and Waroona.