Environmental Stewardship

Box Gum Grassy Woodland

Box gum grassy woodland was the first ecological community to be targeted by the Environmental Stewardship Program. It was the first community considered because of its extensive distribution across three States, its presence today predominantly on private land, and the ability of a large number of land managers to manage threats to the community through on-farm management.

Five funding rounds were conducted in 2008-09 and 2009-10. From these rounds 201 land managers were contracted to manage box gum grassy woodland on their land and will receive funding from the Australian Government for up to 15 years. These contracts will result in the protection of close to 27,000 hectares of this critically endangered ecological community.

Funding rounds

Lachlan Murrumbidgee
Two rounds were conducted exclusively in the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee catchment management authority regions in NSW targeting patches of box gum grassy woodland on private land of 5 hectares or more.

Large High Quality Sites in Queensland
High quality sites of greater than 50 hectares of box gum grassy woodland were targeted in Queensland. The Natural resource management regions included South East Queensland, Condamine, and Border Rivers Maranoa – Balonne.

Large High Quality Sites in New South Wales
High quality sites of greater than 50 hectares of box gum grassy woodland were targeted in NSW. The Natural resource management regions included Central West, Namoi and Border Rivers Gwydir.

Lachlan, Murrumbidgee, Central West
Patches of box gum grassy woodland of greater than 10 hectares on private land were targeted in the Lachlan, Murrumbidgee and Central West catchment management authority regions in NSW.

Contact for Box Gum Grassy Woodland

Environmental Stewardship Program
Tel: 1800 607 115
Email: envirostewardship@environment.gov.au