Box Gum Grassy Woodland - Lachlan Murrumbidgee
PLEASE NOTE: Land managers wishing to participate in this project were required to have submitted a Request for a Site Assessment to the delivery agent by 19 September 2008.
What is the Box Gum Grassy Woodland Lachlan Murrumbidgee Project?
The project is part of the Australian Government's Caring for our Country - Environmental Stewardship, helping land managers to protect the environment on their land.
Private land managers within the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority boundaries in New South Wales who have the critically endangered White Box, Yellow Box and/or Blakely's Red Gum grassy woodland or derived grassland on their properties are the first to be targeted under Caring for our Country - Environmental Stewardship.
Land managers who have expressed interest in participating in the project and meet the eligibility criteria will be invited to submit a price (bid) for which they would be prepared to undertake agreed management actions to conserve Box Gum Grassy Woodland or derived grassland of more than 5 hectares in area on their land. All sites will be scored using a decision support tool (Conservation Value Measure). The site score will be divided by the bid price to develop a Conservation Value Index for the site. All bids will be ranked according to their CVI from highest to lowest reflecting a value-for-money continuum. This forms an important part of the evaluation of the bids but other factors will also be considered in determining successful bids.
Land managers whose bids are successful can enter into financial contracts with the Australian Government for up to fifteen years.
Further information on the Box Gum Grassy Woodland Lachlan Murrumbidgee project can be found in the fact sheets or by contacting the Lachlan Catchment Management Authority by emailing boxgum@cma.nsw.gov.au or by phoning their hotline on 1800 239 453.
How can I find out more about the Box Gum Grassy Woodland Project?
Fact sheets
See our fact sheet series for further information on the Box Gum Grassy Woodland Project processes:
- Fact sheet 1: Stewardship payments to conserve box gum grassy woodland (PDF - 470 KB)
- Fact sheet 2: Frequently asked questions and answers (PDF - 482 KB)
- Fact sheet 3: Identifying box gum grassy woodland (PDF - 1310 KB)
- Fact sheet 4: Site assessments (PDF - 371 KB)
- Fact sheet 5: The bidding and evaluation process (PDF - 384 KB)
- Fact sheet 6: Developing a bid (PDF - 374 KB)
- Fact sheet 7: Joint bids (PDF - 372 KB)
- Fact sheet 8: Box gum grassy woodland state and transition model (PDF - 431 KB)
- Fact sheet 9: Conservation Value Measure (PDF - 381 KB)
- Fact sheet 10: Management actions for box gum grassy woodland (PDF - 583 KB)
- Fact sheet 11: Conservation covenants (PDF - 386 KB)
- Fact sheet 12: Monitoring and evaluation of the project (PDF - 371 KB)
- Fact sheet 13: Taxation of payments under the box gum grassy woodland project (PDF - 395 KB)
- Fact sheet 14: Stewardship payments and Centrelink (PDF - 334 KB)
- Fact sheet 15: Delivery agent (PDF - 698 KB)
Box Gum Grassy Woodland Project Newsletter
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