Are you a landholder interested in managing coastal wetlands on your property?
Over the next 3 years South East Local Land Services has funds available to support landholders, in priority areas, to undertake works on coastal wetlands including salt marsh, mangroves, coastal floodplain, swamps, lakes and estuarine areas.
Funds can be used to manage, protect, restore and connect coastal wetlands including:
- fencing to control stock and unauthorised recreational access
- off-stream stock watering points
- removal and control of weeds including blackberry, sharp rush, arrowhead, invasive vine species like madeira vine and japanese honeysuckle, cape ivy and asparagus fern
- feral animal control including fox, rabbit, deer, goat and pig
- removal of barriers to flow such as removal or modification of floodgates and/or crossings
- revegetation to maintain and connect vegetation buffers, address erosion or improve habitat
To be eligible your property must encompass or be adjacent to wetland areas within the following priority areas (maps available on request or call to
discuss eligibility):
Wallaga Lake, Wapengo Lagoon, Nelson Lagoon, Wallagoot Lake, Bega River, Pambula Lake, Towamba River or Wonboyn Lake.
Interested?
Call Sonia Bazzacco on 02 4475 1006 or email
sonia.bazzacco@lls.nsw.gov.au to discuss opportunities available in the first round of funding.
