Released 19/09/2018
Projects including environmental restoration, goanna monitoring and indigenous cultural heritage will share in $192,460 in funding as part of the 2018-19 ACT Environment Grants Program.
It’s a delight to be able to provide 11 community groups with the support they need to help enhance and promote our beautiful woodlands, grasslands, vegetation, wildlife and indigenous heritage.
We’re fortunate to have so many people in Canberra with such passion and commitment for looking after the local environment.
This year’s grant recipients have a broad range of objectives from landscape restoration, biodiversity and native habitat enhancement, threatened species research and education of our indigenous heritage.
The eleven projects to receive funding proved that they will have a lasting legacy and provide strong value for money.
This is the 21st year of our environmental grants program, and each year we have seen the number of applicants rise as the community become more environmentally minded.
The successful grant recipients are:
- The Griffith Woodland Volunteer Group and Southern ACT Catchment Group: Restoration of the Griffith Woodland - $6,620
- Southern ACT Catchment Group: Habitat connectivity in the Uriarra Creek Catchment - $6,590
- Urambi Hills Parkcare Group and Southern ACT Catchment Group: Wildlife dam restoration Urambi Hills Reserve - $2,995
- ACT Historic Places and Southern ACT Catchment Group: Rehabilitation of natural temperate grasslands at Mugga Mugga Cottage - $25,520
- The Malloon Creek Institute and Southern ACT Catchment Group: Tidbinbilla River floodplain restoration - $30,350
- Southern ACT Catchment Group: Protecting woodlands in Spring Station Creek Catchment - $37,800
- Molonglo Catchment Group: Vegwatch Monitoring Program supporting Citizen Science - $5,500
- National Parks Association of the ACT: Monitoring Rosenberg’s Goanna - $29,900
- Ginninderra Catchment Group: Grasslands restoration in Ginninderra - $35,953
- Friends of Grasslands: Yarramundi Grasslands demonstration revegetation - $3,012
- Woodlands Wetlands Trust: Jerrabomberra Wetlands billabong cultural trail - $8,220
For more information on the successful grant projects visit www.environment.act.gov.au
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