Stream Fencing Grants - now available

Jun 21, 2021    Posted by Brittany Cunningham

This article is curated from NRM North in relation to Stream Fencing Grants.

To read the full details head to https://nrmnorth.org.au/water/tamar-action-grants/

The Tamar Action Grants program provides funding for dairy farmers and graziers in the Tamar Estuary and Esk River catchments to exclude stock from waterways through on-ground works and installation of infrastructure as well as improved effluent management practices in the dairy industry.

The Tamar Action Grants help landholders improve water quality through a range of measures including the installation of stock-exclusion fencing.

• Round 10: Tamar Action Grants
• Status: Open
• Closing date and time: 5 pm, Friday, 6 August 2021
• Eligible areas: Meander, North and South Esk, Lake River, Brumbys, Macquarie and kanamaluka/Tamar catchments

NRM North has been selected as the preferred provider to deliver the Tamar Estuary River Health Action Plan – Catchment Works Program. The program provides funding to support a range of activities that help improve water quality by reducing pathogen concentrations in the kanamaluka/Tamar estuary.

The Tamar Action Grants aim to significantly improve water quality in the kanamaluka/ Tamar estuary by excluding stock from waterways, rehabilitating riparian revegetation buffers on dairy and grazing farms, and improving effluent management on dairy farms.

• waterway fencing;
• alternative stock water;
• stock crossings;
• effluent management; and
• revegetation and weed management.

Projects can be staged and include multiple sites."¹

For more information head to the NRM North website. Delmade would like to extend thanks to the NRM North for this article.

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¹ Nrmnorth.org.au. (2021). Tamar Action Grants. [online] Available at: https://nrmnorth.org.au/ [Accessed 18. Jun 2021].