Deadline: 22-Aug-22
The Sunshine Coast Council is seeking applications for its Landholder Environment Grant program (LEG) to provide financial assistance for private rural landholders to undertake on-ground projects on their properties.
The purpose of the grants are to protect and enhance the natural assets and biodiversity of the Sunshine Coast, and promote ecologically sustainable management of the region’s environmental values.
Priorities
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Priority is given to projects that:
- will achieve cost effective on-ground outcomes
- have high ecological value
- have at least a matching landholder contribution
- will deliver benefits to the wider community
- demonstrate commitment to maintaining the work into the future
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Low priority is given to:
- projects that are not cost-effective or do not demonstrate sufficient planning.
Funding Information
Applicants may apply for up to $15,000 assistance towards their project.
Eligible Projects
Projects must be on privately-owned rural land within the Sunshine Coast Council Local Government Area. Landholders can apply for assistance to carry out natural resource management activities such as:
- fencing to restrict stock access to significant areas of native vegetation, wetlands or waterways
- installing off-stream stock watering points and stock crossings
- revegetating degraded areas and establishing native vegetation corridors and buffer zones
- reducing sediment and nutrient runoff on farms
- controlling environmental weeds to rehabilitate native vegetation areas
- modifiying existing fencing to make it more wildlife friendly (note that installation or modification of boundary fencing is not eligible).
Eligibility Criteria
- Private rural landholders of the Sunshine Coast Local Government Area, who have satisfactorily met all acquittal conditions of previous council grants are eligible to apply.
- Applications must be submitted by the landholder. Landholders can apply for only one grant per round.
- A single application must only address one project.
For more information, visit Sunshine Coast Council.
For more information, visit https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Living-and-Community/Grants-and-Funding/Grants-Programs/Environment-Levy-Grants/Landholder-Environment-Grants
