Eleven projects in the Goulburn Broken Catchment have received Community Landcare Grants to run programs to tackle weeds, improve soil, manage erosion and improve landholders’ skills.
Eleven projects in the Goulburn Broken Catchment have received Community Landcare Grants to run programs to tackle weeds, improve soil, manage erosion and improve landholders’ skills.
Community Landcare Grants are part of the Sustainable Agriculture stream of the Federal Government’s Caring for our Country initiative, and support community-based organisations and groups to take on-ground action as well as build capacity and skills to manage land.
Victoria’s share of the $10.7 million funded for 2013-14 was $2 million with groups in the Goulburn Broken Catchment securing almost 20 per cent of this funding.
The successful groups and projects were:
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GeckoCLAN
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Resilient Farming
Turning up the heat on Chilean needle grass
Reverse the Dirt - New innovations in Erosion Control
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$55,000
$30,800
$55,000
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South West Goulburn Landcare
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Healthy Soils, Health Food
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$48,400
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Goulburn Murray Landcare Network
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Annual Farm Form
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$17,490
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Dookie Landcare Group
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Optimising inputs through innovation in soil moisture monitoring
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$22,880
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Soil Health BestWool Best Lamb (via FBF)
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Building farm resilience to changing climate through improved soil condition
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$43,900
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Sheep Pen Creek Land Management Group
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Targeting infestations of Chilean Needle Grass and Bridal Creeper
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$10,670
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Warby Range Landcare Group
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Saving and Sustaining Sound Soils
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$55,000
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Murray Dairy Inc
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Managing soils on Dairy farms in the Murray Dairy Region
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$55,000
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BEMS Steering Committee (Sponsored by Bega Cheese)
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Building innovative and effective leaders in rural Australia
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$55,690
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TOTAL
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$449,140
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Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority (CMA) Manager Landcare and Communities Tony Kubeil congratulated the groups on securing the funding.
“The Goulburn Broken CMA relies on our Landcare groups and networks to deliver programs that bring about practice change and improve the environmental health of our Catchment,” Mr Kubeil said.
“The Goulburn Broken CMA is not eligible to apply for these grants, but worked with staff and volunteers from 27 community groups to provided assistance as needed. This has helped attract $449,000 of investment into the region to help the community undertake works that will ultimately lead to improved production, and healthy and resilient landscapes.
For more information visit: http://www.nrm.gov.au/funding/approved/2013-14/