Community
21 August, 2024
HDLN provides revegetation funds
LANDHOLDERS in the Heytesbury district can improve their properties and help the environment by participating in a new local revegetation program round.
Heytesbury District Landcare Network (HDLN) is offering thousands of native plants to help local landholders revegetate their properties as part of its Biofund project.
HDLN has launched an expression of interest for a new round of grants for the 2025 project which will see successful grant recipients receive seedlings or direct seed for projects ranging from shelterbelts on dairy farms to patches of native bush on small blocks.
The 2024 Biofund round supplied 10 landholders with between 200 and 2000 plants each.
HDLN Landcare co-ordinator Michelle Leech urged landholders to take advantage of the Biofund offer.
“We are encouraging anyone in our district who has a native revegetation project in mind to submit an expression of interest,” she said.
“These projects are focused on planting areas of native vegetation, including shelter belts, and encourage community participation.”
Ms Leech said the Biofund was suitable for new or established farms.
“Whether you’ve been planting on your farm for decades or you’ve never done so before, we’d like to hear from you,” she said.
“We’d particularly like to see applications from new landholders we haven’t worked with in the past.”
Projects which will be considered include those focussed on protection, enhancement or linking of existing native vegetation; the planting of local native vegetation for biodiversity, shelterbelts, waterway protection, erosion control, salinity management, or educational reasons; and other projects with potential benefits to natural resource management and the local community.
Interested landholders can visit https://www.heytesburylandcare.org.au/fact-sheets--forms or call 5598 3755 to lodge an expression of interest before September 30.