Community grants

Splitters Creek Interpretive Sign
Project will design and construct an interpretive sign to provide information to local community members and visitors on natural resource management issues specific to Splitters Creek.

Environmental Education and Demonstration site of NRM Landcapes
Project will involve the development of a series of educational and demonstration gardens to be used to educate students and as a demonstration site for the wider community about various types of sensitive landscaping such as, water effieient gardens, bush foods, native flowers, bird attracting gardens and habitats and hollows.

Billi's Backyard' environmental theatre and education
Project will allow South West Arts to engage Theater on Toast to run their 'Billi's Backyard' environmental education program in the region. The program focuses on the simple day to day activities that everyone can do to help the environement and create a sustainable future.

Bush Stone-curlew Promotion & Protection within the Murray Catchment
Project aims to run a coordinated fox baiting program on farms in known Bush Stone-curlew habitat. In addition the project will also help the Nature Conservation Working Group to produced further copies of the popular 'In Safe Hands' DVD produced in 2009 focusing on the plight of the endangered Bush Stone-curlew and activities landholders can undertake to protect important habitat.

North Aratula Gravel Pit Management
Project will revegetate a closed quarry site to improve aesthetics of site and increase biodiversity within site.

Managing Nutrients on Dairy Farms
Project will investigate the best practice techniques of using manure and organic matter from dairy farm feed pads, including monitoring changes in soil health, economic benefits and growth rates of pastures.

Soil Health Field Day
Project involves running a field day to look at a deep banding manure trial and paddocks with retained stubble to initiate discussion amoung local farmers of ways to improve soil health using different techniques.

What have we in our backyard?
Project aims to install nest boxes and motion activated sensory cameras around a number of local schools to allow students to mointor the abundance of bird and animal species in their environment.

Grow Your Own to Reduce Environmental Impact
Project will install and establish raised vegetable gardens to promote students and parents understanding of self sufficiency, low environmental impact, water efficiency and soil improvement activities.

Holistic Vineyard Management Workshop
Project involves the running of a workshop with guest speakers covering topics such as managing vineyard soil for biodiversity and improved soil biology, maintaining beneficial insects in the vineyard and determing and managing pH of water for effective spraying.

Redlands Hill Project
Project will undertake an upgrade of visitor facilities at the Redlands Hill Reserve to improve visitors utilisation of the site and their ability to identify native plant and animal species.

Building a Bird Attracting Garden - Focused on Diamond Firetails
Project will involve reasearch into the habitat of the Diamond Firetail by students, removal of weedy species, planting of locally native species, introduction of habitat components such as logs and leaf litter at the school.

Lowesdale Public School Native Gardens Project & Buraja Truck Stop
Project will involve students, parents and members of the community in learning about the importance of native plants to provide habitat for native birds and animals by participating in activities incluging planting of native species around the school grounds and Buraja Truck Stop.

Future Irrigators Program
Project will run an Irrigation Training Program delivered by NSW Industry & Investment targeted at the next generation of irrigation farmers in the Deniliquin region.

Cultural Walking Track
Project will build a walking track along the river and through the local reserve as well as planting locally native plant species including important traditional food species.

Community Reflection Garden
Project aims to undertake two activities, 1) a quiet seating area in a refection garden including a commemorative brick wall for community memebers to refelect on those that have passed on. 2) a sustainable fruit and vegetatble garden to provide produce to the community and encourage self suffieciency and a healthy lifestyle.

Pest & Weed Control Zara Sandhill
Project will undertake control of rabbits and woody weeds to maintain the condition of the iconic Zara Sandhill.

Interpretive Signage for Galore Hill Nature Reserve
Project will revitalise the existing interpretive signage at Galore Hill to increase visitor appreciation of local, flora, fauna and cultural heritage.