Community Landcare 'Pop-Up' Grants
The Community Landcare ‘Pop-up’ Grants Program aimed to support Landcare and community groups in the Riverina Local Land Services area to promote community-driven natural resource management.
Groups were invited to apply for a grant of up to $10,000 to undertake projects and activities that encouraged the involvement of community groups in understanding, protecting and enhancing the natural environment. A total of $75,000 was awarded from 2016/17 to 2018/19. Please note that applications are now closed.
A variety of wonderful projects were funded through this program. Click on the links below for a snapshot of the projects which the funding was able to support:
- Community BBQ - Hay Plains Landcare Inc
- From little paddocks big things grow - Coolamon Landcare
- Peppin Shaw ewe flock forum - Hay Merino Breeders Inc
- Dhangaang bushtucker garden - Hay Public School
- Native seed collection and propagation workshop - Hillview Park Community Garden and Native Nursery Group
- Kyeamba Valley Landcare Community Events - Kyeamba Valley Landcare Group
- Glossy black cockatoo conservation and monitoring - Lachlan Fold Wildlife Action Group
- BIGNet conference - Murrumbidgee Field Naturalists
- From the sky to the river: Learning about drones and carp - Tarcutta Valley Landcare Group
- Storytelling to connect community and environment - Wagga Rail Trail Inc
- Raising the profile of Landcare in Wagga Wagga - Wagga Wagga Urban Landcare
- Yenda Preschool outdoor classroom - Yenda Preschool Kindergarten Inc
- Tidy trees: Backyard pruning workshop - Hay Country Womens Association
- Shear 4 Mates - Music 4 Mates, Coolamon
- Pasture budgeting course in the Tarcutta Valley - Tarcutta Valley Landcare Group
- Humbug Creek nature trail - Ungarie Primary School
- Trial Creative Catchment Kids book writing program - Petaurus Education Group Inc
- Engaging the next generation of Landcarers - Petaurus Education Group Inc
- 20th anniversary planting - Narrandera Landcare Group
- Low stress stock handling course - South West Slopes Sheep Breeders Incorporated
- Guest speaker and cultural workshops with schools - Riverina Highlands Landcare Network
- Mirrool Creek soil probe field day
- Rankins Springs GBC survey
- Lunch with Charles Massey - Tarcutta Valley Landcare Group
The Landcare ‘Pop-up’ Grants were funded by an allocation from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Programme (NLP) to Riverina Local Land Services for the Regional Landcare Facilitator Project. In the Riverina, the RLF project and the ‘Pop-up’ Grants were administered by Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc. and LachLandcare Inc under contract to Riverina Local Land Services.
The strategic objectives of the National Landcare Programme are:
1. Communities are managing landscapes to sustain long-term economic and social benefits from their environment
2. Farmers and fishers are increasing their long term returns through better management of the natural resource base
3. Communities are involved in caring for their environment
4. Communities are protecting species and natural assets
