Caring for our Country

Australian Government funded projects

Caring for our Country Open Grants - successful applicants

Caring for our Country Open Grants was launched on 21 June 2008 and closed on 1 August 2008. Proposals for funding were sought against five of the six national priority areas, particularly those that would:

Ministers have approved a total of over $28 million for activities under this call of Caring for our Country.

Caring for our Country - Landcare funded projects
State Project Title Group Funding
(Figures are GST exclusive)
New South Wales Yowrie Valley Biodiversity Enhancement and Sustainable Farming Program Yowrie Valley Landcare Group $82,273
Farmer Targets for Climate Change - New South Wales Mid North Coast Dairy Advancement Group $131,700
Climate Priorities - Stocktake and Priority Setting for Broadacre Irrigation in the New South Wales Riverina Ricegrowers Association of Australia $185,500
Horticulture For Tomorrow - Taking Stock of the Environmental Impacts of Horticultural Production in Australia Horticulture Australia Limited $93,000
Queensland Integrated Management Practices for Alternating Crops - Burdekin Region Queensland Fruit & Vegetable Growers $210,309
Queensland Grow Me Instead Project Nursery & Garden Industry Queensland Industrial Union of Employers $173,000
South East Queensland Sustainable Trees on Farms Program SEQ Catchments Ltd $106,500
Carbon - What Does it Means for Me on My Property Agforce Queensland Industrial Union of Employers $400,000
Transforming Sunshine Coast Caneland into Sustainable Biodiesel and Integrated Farming Enterprises Maroochy Land Care Group Inc $156,141
Educating Producers in Accessing and Utilising Spatial Information! Agforce Queensland Industrial Union of Employers $363,636
Reducing Emissions and Improving Carbon Levels in Southern Queensland Soils North East Downs Landcare Group Inc. $80,000
Macintyre Brook Sustainability Initiative Macintyre Brook Irrigators Association Incorporated $131,127
Encouraging Sustainable Farm Practices via Adoption of Grains Best Management Practices in Queensland Fitzroy Basin Association Inc. $194,778
Burdekin Bowen Integrated Farm Management Monitoring and Support Project Burdekin Bowen Integrated Floodplain Management Advisory Committee Inc $300,793
Victoria Reducing Wild Dog Impacts on Agriculture through Enhanced Community Participation Wild Dog Management Groups $157,273
Farming for a Sustainable Future - Demonstrating Best Farm Practices Lake Wellington Landcare Network $113,273
East Gippsland Soil Carbon Project - Pilot Project Agribusiness Gippsland Inc $158,455
Compost Use in Sustainable Agriculture William Grant $101,236
Improving the Efficacy of Hydrogen Phosphide (Ph3) Fumigation for Rabbit Control Frank Gigliotti $135,909
Development of Multi-Dose Ejector for the Control of Foxes Frank Gigliotti $338,068
Western Australia A Broadacre Approach to Certification of Sustainable Farm Practice Curtin University of Technology $219,000
Adopting Innovative Practices to Improve the Resilience of Farming Systems in the Northern and Eastern Wheatbelt of Western Australia Wheatbelt East Regional Organisation of Councils (Weroc) $273,182
Sustainable Production and Landscape Repair in Salinity-Affected, Water Supply Catchments Treenomics $149,718
Good Practice and Better Environmental Outcomes in Vegetable Production WA Vegetable Growers Association Inc $147,273
Northern Territory Scoping Future Scenarios and Building Innovative Partnerships for Northern Territory Pastoral Lands Northern Territory Cattleman's Association $327,602
Integration of Fire, Feral and Weed Management to Enhance Grazing Productivity, Top End Floodplains Northern Territory Cattleman's Association $75,432
Land Type Specific Sustainable Practice Guidelines for NT Pastoral Lands Northern Territory of Australia $81,295
Asset Protection Decision Support Tools for Pastoralists in Semi-Arid Landscapes. Barkly Landcare and Conservation Association Inc $129,910
Tasmania Soil Biology - the Missing Link for Regenerative Production in Our Farming Systems L.R Young & R.J Young $94,821
Adoption of Sustainable Water Management on Tasmanian Vegetable Farms Rds Partners Pty Ltd $123,788
Protecting Tasmania's Sustainable Farming and Biodiversity Assets from Serrated Tussock Invasion Tasmanian Land & Water Professionals Pty Ltd $195,662
Using Landscape Ecology to Prioritise Property Management Actions in Tasmania Natural Resource Planning Pty Ltd $296,264
South Australia Increasing Precision Agricultural Awareness and Adoption in South East South Australia Mackillop Farm Management Group Inc $86,835
Multi-state Sustainable Milk Production Model for the Northern Dairy Industry Queensland Dairyfarmers' Organisation Limited $152,273
Maximising Nutrient Use Efficiency and Improving Soil Health in the Processing Tomato Industry Australian Processing Tomato Research Council Inc $141,279
Strategic Management of Serrated Tussock - Reducing Threats to Sustainable Farming Snowy River Interstate Landcare Committee Inc. $143,460
Australian Wine Industry Stewardship Environmental Assurance Program Winemakers' Federation of Australia Inc. $241,982
Australian Pastoral Property Innovation Manual Rural Directions Trust $192,182
Sustainable Piggery Effluent Utilisation in Australian Farming Systems Australian Pork Limited $127,955
Protecting the Northern Territory from Rubber Vine incursion Roper River Landcare Group Inc $158,500
Sustainable Practice - Development of the Horticulture Recognition Framework Horticulture Australia Limited $239,326
Do It with Dung - from the Mountains to the Murray Kiewa Catchment Landcare Group $253,023
Enhancing Adoption of Best Practice Grazing Management in Northern Australia: Phase 1 - Integration and Scenario Testing Meat & Livestock Australia Limited $299,795
A Responsible Lead - Laying the Foundations of the Grains Industry Environmental Plan Grains Research and Development Corporation $363,636
Seanet East- the Environmental Fisheries Extension Program for Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria Oceanwatch Australia Ltd $398,545
Developing Sustainable Production Systems, Resilient to Climate Change - Baselining Avongro Wheatbelt Tree Cropping Incorporated $399,682
Caring for our Country - Open Grants funded projects
State Project Title Group Funding
(Figures are GST exclusive)
New South Wales Kalare (Lachlan) River Willow Eradication and Management Project Lachlan Aboriginal Natural Resource Management Corporation $362,633
Conservation of Remnant Vegetation on Travelling Stock Reserves Lachlan Catchment Management Authority $400,000
Saving Island Ecology - Eradication of Weeds from Lord Howe Island Lord Howe Island Board $363,636
Protecting our Migratory Shorebirds and Seabirds Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority $248,140
Fishtrack: Fish Movement and Effects of Flows and Barriers Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority $328,124
Enhancing Riparian Biodiversity and Habitat for Threatened Species in The Upper Murray Murray Catchment Management Authority $318,636
Resilient Riverine Landscapes Below World Heritage Areas Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management Authority $90,909
Riparian Management in the Yanco Creek System The Yanco Creek and Tributaries Advisory Council $363,636
Protecting Values Associated with the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management Authority $331,182
Strategic Bitou Bush Control to Protect Biodiversity in NSW Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority (NRCMA) $400,000
Pulling Rock-Wallabies From an Extinction Vortex World Wide Fund For Nature Australia $273,619
Restoring Lowland Rainforest in the NSW North Coast Bioregion Big Scrub Rainforest Landcare Group Inc. $368,309
Seabird Habitat Restoration Project - Montague Island Nature Reserve Department of Environment and Climate Change $72,818
Protection and Enhancement of Biodiversity on Nanya Station University of Ballarat $129,094
Eradicating Rodents from Lord Howe Island Lord Howe Island Board $200,509
Saving our Swamps: National Restoration Program for Temperate Peat Swamps Blue Mountains City Council $364,518
Queensland Realising a National Rangeland Monitoring Network "Vegmachine" Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries $90,773
Restoring Wetland Function and Health of the Mungalla Wetland. Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation $267,401
Rehabilitating Burdekin's Billabongs and Bowling Green Bay Catchments Burdekin Solutions Ltd $189,727
Improving Connectivity and Biodiversity Values in Stanley and Pumicestone Headwaters SEQ Catchments Ltd $157,550
Delivering Wildlife Habitat Management Decision Support in the Brigalow Belt The University of Queensland $80,455
Landscape Connectivity in Queensland's Northern Brigalow Belt - A Biodiversity Hotspot Burdekin Solutions Ltd $398,455
Embracing Partnerships to Protect and Enhance Significant Remnant Vegetation Toowoomba Landcare Group Inc. $239,545
Granite Flora: Recovery in Action Queensland Murray-Darling Committee Inc. $158,091
Protecting Quolls in Queensland Landscapes Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland $101,656
Jointly Managing and Promoting the Bohle River, Louisa Creek, Town Common Catchment Australian Trust for Conservation Volunteers $197,005
The Keys to Healthy Savanna Lands Northern Gulf Resource Management Group Limited $210,000
Rescuing a Gondwanaland Survivor: The Eastern Bristlebird Habitat Restoration Project Condamine Catchment Natural Resource Management Corporation Limited $218,636
South Burnett Regional Integrated Natural Resource Management Project South Burnett Regional Council $240,136
TKRP - Traditional Knowledge Revival Pathways Mulong Pty.Ltd $296,818
Fitzroy Basin Weed Management Strategy Implementation - Weeds of National Significance Capricorn Pest Management Group Inc $345,280
Bunya Biolink - Cooyar Creek Riparian Zone Rehabilitation Greening Australia (Queensland) Ltd $393,791
South Australia Threatened Flora Recovery on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands Department for Environment and Heritage $178,746
Improving Natural Resource Management Outcomes in the Rangelands by Strategically Removing Feral Goats South Australian Arid Lands Natural Resources Management Board $353,182
Managing and Controlling High-Risk Pest Plants on Kangaroo Island Kangaroo Island Natural Resources Management Board $90,909
Mount Lofty Ranges Watershed Water Quality Improvement Plan Community Engagement Environment Protection Authority $136,364
Wildeyre - Collaborative, Landscape-Scale, Biodiversity Conservation on the Eyre Peninsula Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management Board $144,358
Arid Recovery: Developing New Partnerships to Restore Our Arid Lands Arid Recovery $90,845
Threatened Plant Action Group - Community Action to Recover South Australia's Threatened Flora Nature Conservation Society of South Australia $72,727
the Middleback Alliance - a Regional Conservation Initiative Ecological Horizons Pty Ltd $81,618
Involving Community in Conserving Threatened Species in the Angas River Catchment Angas River Catchment Group $103,990
Caring For Country with Fire in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands Anangu Pitjantjatjara Inc $123,886
ForestrySA Multi-Region Strategic Area and Habitat Restoration Project South Australian Forestry Corporation $135,000
Battling Boneseed in the Upper South East and Murray-Darling Basin of South Australia South East Natural Resources Management Board $156,191
Priority Onground Works to Protect The Endangered Mount Lofty Ranges Southern Emu-Wren (MLRSEW) and the Critically Endangered Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps Conservation Council of South Australia Incorporated $261,932
Supporting Local Government in Natural Resource Management Delivery Across the Northern and Yorke Region Central Local Government Region of South Australia Inc $286,364
Western Australia Enabling Martu to Preserve Biodiversity in the Western Desert Western Desert Lands Aboriginal Corporation $355,636
Increased Adoption of Sustainable Brushwood Production. Moore Catchment Council Inc $224,091
Best-Practice Mesquite Management in the Rangelands of Western Australia Pilbara Mesquite Management Committee Inc. $302,765
Taking 'Active Awareness' to the Regions Blackwood Basin Group Inc. $192,136
Protecting Critical Habitat for the Endangered Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo Birds Australia Western Australia Inc. $161,935
Rangelands Restoration - Restoring Native Mammal Diversity and Vegetation Condition in the Arid Zone Rangelands. Department of Environment and Conservation $220,909
Gouldian Finch Conservation through Indigenous Fire Management in East Kimberley Kimberley Land Council Aboriginal Corporation $99,000
Integrated Weed Management of Riparian Areas of the Kimberley Ord Land and Water Incorporated $147,273
A Strategic Regional Conservation Plan for Australia's Global Biodiversity Hotspot World Wide Fund for Nature Australia $333,755
Victoria Establishing Sustainable Perennial Pastures Systems in the Upper Wimmera Catchment Project Platypus Association Incorporated $100,909
Conservation Management Networks in Gippsland: Protection of Sustainable Farming and Biodiverse Ecosytems East Gippsland Rainforest Conservation $363,636
Strzelecki Warm Temperate Rainforest Restoration - Macks Creek Catchment Grand Ridge Plantations Pty Ltd $211,359
Gunbower Creek Riparian and Aquatic Habitat Reconnection and Restoration Project North Central Catchment Management Authority $363,445
Wedderburn Restoration for Malleefowl and Woodland Birds Wedderburn Conservation Management Network $80,382
Strategic Vegetation Linkages on the East Gippsland Red Gum Plains Department of Sustainability and Environment $270,621
Improving Biodiversity Outcomes in Existing Remnant Protection/Revegetation Sites Maffra & Districts Landcare Network $100,091
"Strengthening Bioregional Landscape Connectivity in the Mid-Loddon Sub-Catchment" Mid-Loddon Sub-Catchment Group $241,479
Strengthening Northern Melbourne's Merri Corridor for Flora, Fauna and People. Merri Creek Management Committee Inc $81,236
Saving Critically Endangered Grassland on the Victorian Volcanic Plain Department of Sustainability and Environment $199,486
Northern Territory Building Capacity to Establish a Parkinsonia Dieback Biological Control Model Victoria River District Conservation Association Incorporated $181,591
Healthy Pastures - Native Grasses and Fodder Trees in Production Systems Greening Australia (NT) Ltd. $167,500
Zero Toads - Community Control of Invasive Cane Toads in Darwin Darwin City Council $86,418
Conserving Turtles in Arnhem Land by Managing an Exotic Species Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation $134,637
Biodiversity Conservation Values and Management for Northern Territory Islands Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources Environment and The Arts $277,315
Managing the Cane Toad Menace in Tropical Savannas Riyala Assn Inc $118,636
Implementing Priority Recovery Actions for the Bilby and Other Key Threatened Species Central Land Council $156,282
Northern Territory off Reserve Sustainable Country Initiative - Building on the NRS Northern Territory of Australia $235,459
Tasmania Control of Wons Outliers in Cradle Coast NRM Region, Tasmania Cradle Coast Authority $152,909
Soil Ecosystem Health Measures: An Interpretive Guide for Land Managers Department of Primary Industries and Water $111,123
Threatened Species Protection through Implementation of Coordinated Riverine Management Activities Northern Tasmanian Natural Resource Management Association Inc. $242,727
Progressing Nationally Strategic Control of Boneseed And Asparagus Weeds (WONS) in Southern Tasmania Southern Tasmanian Councils Authority $119,724
Platypus Disease Assessment and Conservation in Tasmania Department of Primary Industries and Water $229,600
Australian Capital Territory Molonglo River Rescue Territory and Municipal Services $335,386
Ecosystems = Murray Mouth to Mountains Climate Change Corridors (E+M3C3) Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority $358,973
Multi-state Prickly Acacia Outlier Control in Northwest Queensland and South Australia Southern Gulf Catchments Limited $120,750
National Online Database for Weed Risk Assessment Department of Primary Industries $138,218
National Guidelines for Minimising Waterway infestations of Chilean Needle Grass - Filling a Major Gap in Knowledge and Advice Victoria University $85,000
Woodland Bird Conservation Project Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union $301,909
The Great Toad Muster and National Cane Toad Eradication Week Stop the Toad Foundation (Inc.) $150,273
EMU - Empowering Pastoralists to Manage for Sustainable and Productive Landscapes Natural Resource Management Board (NT) Incorporated $201,500
Upper Murrumbidgee Demonstration Reach Territory and Municipal Services $274,636
Protecting and Restoring Arid Rivers from Invasive Athel Pine (Tamarix Spp) Department of Primary Industries and Resources $360,235
A National Market Based instrument for Feral Camel Control National Rangelands NRM Alliance $397,727
The Threatened Bird Network Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union $135,000
Harnessing Continent-Wide Biodiversity Datasets for Prioritising National Conservation Investment Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation $95,742

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