A second opportunity for conservation funding applications

18 September 2018

Ipswich City Council will offer a second funding opportunity to landholders as part of the Nature Conservation Grants program.

There were a record number of submissions received for the 2018-2019 grants from residents and non-profit groups participating in council’s Landholder Partnerships Program.

The successful applications secured more than $28,000 of the total $100,000 budgeted for the Nature Conservation Grants program.

Council will open a second round of submissions in order to allocate the remainder of the grant funding. This opportunity will include Landholder Partnerships Program participants who were unsuccessful, ineligible, or did not submit an application in the first round.

A council spokesperson said the projects demonstrated the high level of commitment landholders have to protecting and managing the conservation value of their properties.

“The successful projects in the first round of funding will include works such as vine thicket restoration, dam fencing to provide a nature refuge, erosion control and reducing fire hazards,” she said.

“These works benefit the community in many way. For instance, controlling and removing weeds minimises seed dispersal to neighbouring properties and conservation estates, and waterway rehabilitation and revegetation improves habitat and water quality.”

Nature Conservation Grants are a core program delivered through council’s Enviroplan to support on-ground conservation efforts by private landholders. It is offered to all levels of Voluntary Conservation Agreement participants.

The grants are also offered to landholders under previous arrangements including Rural Conservation, Vegetation Retention and Partnering Agreements.

Eligible landholders can apply for grant funding up to $6000 per year via Smartygrants.

For more information on council’s Landholder Partnership Program see Ipswich.qld.gov.au

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