If you’re a landholder with half a hectare or more of native vegetation and would like to conserve your property’s special features, but don’t want to sign a legal agreement, you may want to consider joining the Land for Wildlife Scheme.
Land for Wildlife is a voluntary property registration scheme for landholders who wish to manage areas of wildlife habitat on their property. It assists landholders to include nature conservation along with other land management objectives. It is free to join, is not legally binding and will not change the legal status of a property.
Lesley Peden from Kosciuszko to Coast (K2C) conducts ‘Land for Wildlife’ (LFW) assessments in our region. Lesley says “LFW is a fantastic project which aims to enable and empower landholders to manage their land sustainably for wildlife and contribute to our collective goal of restoring and improving landscape connectivity.
LFW offers a support network with access to loads of information relevant to your property but also provides a connection to the broader K2C Partnership (other conservation agencies working in the region) and associated funding opportunities.
The LFW property assessment will include:
– Vegetation lists for the property;
– Walk and talk interactive flora and fauna interpretation with landholder;
– Referral to our Partners’ incentives, projects, info and support;
– Offer an ongoing support for future questions and info;
– Assistance with writing grant applications; and
– Access to training workshops, up to date science etc.
Assessments this year may also include soil and water testing, use of wildlife cameras and threatened species monitoring (including participating in our CIT student environmental education program).
In conjunction with Local Land Services we are also applying for funding under the Saving our Species program to target the decline of Scarlet Robin and address threats to that and other threatened bird species. Our hotspot areas for this one are: Burra, Delegate and Braidwood.”
If you would like to receive a LFW assessment or become involved in any of these incentives and funding opportunities please contact:
Lesley Peden
Kosciuszko to Coast (K2C) Partnership Facilitator
Email: facilitator@k2c.org.au
Ph: 0400 806 089
