South East Local Land Services is offering up to $10,000 to land managers for projects that protect and rehabilitate riparian corridors (land alongside water such as river banks) and minor erosion sites in Yass.
The grant is coming from Catchment Action NSW, a NSW government initiative.
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The money can be put towards fencing and native vegetation in a riparian to create buffers alongside the waterway and to create non-permanent waterways.
The aim is to improve water quality and promote healthy, bio-diverse and productive systems on land.
Grants are also available to land managers to put in fencing and native plantings to support minor-moderate erosion gullies.
Mandy Wales of Alloura Angus Stud in Yass is someone who has partnered with Land on this project.
She said, “I wanted to improve the environmental sustainability of our property by protecting waterways and planting more native trees and shrubs.
“We’ve created new areas of native bush land, which is providing a haven for a variety of native birds and animals, improving water quality, and rapidly halting and restoring erosion damage.”
Ms Wales said Land has been easy to work with and made the process “as simple as possible.”
“The new tree lots and corridors are improving the aesthetic appeal of our property and will also serve to provide shade and wind protection for our livestock into the future,” she added.
Melissa Henry, senior natural resource management advisor for the Yass/Boorowa area at Land said land managers were coming to the organisation for a number of reasons.
She said, “We are seeing that there is a clear concern for farm productivity and profitability, but also a desire to improve the environmental value of their property in the broader landscape.”
To find out more about the 2018/2019 round of Riparian Rehabilitation grants, visit southeast.lls.nsw.gov.au or contact the Yass Local Land Services office.
