The Gunns Creek Restoration Project was the first project embarked upon by Jarrahmond Landcare Group. It was an "all of catchment" approach involving a number of landholders who worked together to address erosion in the Gunns Creek catchment.
In 1992 Jarrahmond Landcare Group was formed out of a common feeling of need to address land degradation problems, a good community spirit in the area and the fact that they already had a project to work on. 
A successful grant application of $7,000 from the National Soil Conservation Program would be used to trial erosion control measures on Gunns Creek and tributaries. This led to decisions about how they would move forward as a group.  The project involved a number of landowners and the decision was made to start at the top of the catchment and start planting trees, working their way down.  Group action was seen as more productive for tackling land degradation than individual action.  Over time two grants were obtained from The National Heritage Trust to work on this project. 
An extraordinary local flood event on June 23rdand 24th, 1998 saw the need for works to be stepped up to deal with the severe damage caused on Gunns Creek and to protect Lynns Rd from threat of erosion.  
The Catchment Management Authority became involved and engineering works were embarked upon to stabilize the area.  Their efforts have been successful and landowners have backed up by fencing off the area from stock and planting a large number of trees.  The trees have grown well and this early endeavour has provided protection and stability to Gunns Creek and created greenbelts.
These vegetation corridors contribute to a network of more recent plantings under the project title "Linkages" which aims to link the Snowy River to the Yalmy State Forest.