Applications for the Northern and Yorke Landscape Board's 2024-2025 Grassroots Grants program have opened and community members are urged to submit their positive plans for the environment.
Community members with practical ideas to help improve the health of regional landscapes through on-ground work and education can apply for up to $10,000 in grant funding until Monday, June 3.
The Northern and Yorke Landscape Board is offering up to $250,000 in grant money, funded through the landscape levy, with $50,000 dedicated to First Nations-led projects.
Northern and Yorke Landscape Board's general manager Tony Fox said the program empowered volunteers, community groups, schools, First Nations, agriculture organisations and councils to make a positive difference in the local environment.
"This annual funding program is about backing our region's landholders and community groups to deliver landscape management projects they're passionate about," he said.
"This could be caring for our coastal ecosystems, reducing the threat of pest animals and plants, improving the health of native bushland or embracing technology to improve soil health."
In its fifth year, Northern and Yorke's Grassroots Grants program funds projects between $2000 and $10,000 that contribute to one or more of the board's regional priorities and focus areas.
Potential projects include weed, pest or disease control, watercourse or wetland management, revegetation, survey and monitoring activities, sustainable agriculture trials, cultural knowledge sharing and community education.
In a new initiative, the Northern and Yorke Landscape Board is offering multi-year project funding of up to $30,000 over a period of up to 3 years for major, ongoing projects.
A maximum of $10,000 is allocated each year.
The Tarcowie Landcare Group is a past recipient of Grassroots Grants funding.
The group's secretary June Jenkins said their revegetation and weed control projects would not have been possible without the funding.
"That's a lot of fundraising we would have had to do by ourselves just to take on these projects. This type of funding is vital, it's critical actually, to us being able to do these local projects," she said.
An online information session will be held on Monday, May 13, 4.30pm to 6pm.
To find out how to register for this session and more details about Grassroots Grants, visit the Northern and Yorke Landscape Board's website.
