Funding for landholders to reconnect the Kanangra Boyd to Wyangala Link for native wildlife
Landholders in the Abercrombie river catchment are being offered a second chance to be part of one of the largest wildlife corridor projects in Australia.
The Great Eastern Ranges Initiative has announced a call for expressions of interest from individuals and community groups who are interested in proposing habitat restoration projects. Funding is being made available for grants valued at $5,000-30,000 in the Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala Link landscape corridor.
The Great Eastern Ranges Initiative (or ‘GER’ for short) is a major collaborative effort to link and protect habitat for native plants and animals along the Great Dividing Range. The GER has a vision to protect and restore natural wildlife corridors from the Grampians in western Victoria, through New South Wales and the ACT, to tropical far north Queensland.
The Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala Link is an important natural corridor for native species between the Kanangra-Boyd and Blue Mountains national parks, along the Abercrombie River, to Wyangala Dam.
“We are calling for expressions of interest from landholders who are wanting to protect or restore habitat, including where this involves managing invasive animals and weeds in key areas within the Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala Link” said GER K2W facilitator , Mary Bonet.
“The project is all about working with local people to help protect the natural values of the Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala Link”,
“Local groups, including Aboriginal groups, Landcare and amateur naturalist groups have already achieved an enormous amount to maintain habitat for species that migrate through the area every year”.
“The funding announced this week will provide individual landholders with support to work together in getting on top of problems that affect production and corridor values in the Abercrombie catchment upstream of and around Wyangala Dam” she said.
Information about the grants is available from the GER website at: www.greateasternranges.org.au/k2w or by contacting Mary Bonet 0459352892 mary@upperlachlanlandcare.org.au Applications close on Tuesday 14 April 2015.