Funding for almost everyone

Annually around a quarter of a million dollars is provided to support the Limestone Coast community to undertake natural resource management activities that help to achieve landscape benefits.

Since 2020-21 Grassroots Grants has been successfully used to kick-start new projects and build upon existing ones. They have been used to seed activities such as plantings, nature education, citizen science, weed and pest control, erosion management and community engagement.

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The successful 2024-25 Grassroots Grant recipients are:

  • Mount Burr Trails Incorporated. School tree planting days.
  • Dairy SA. Managing nutrients on dairy's in the Limestone Coast.
  • Naracoorte Lucindale Council. North Parklands Weed Management.
  • Nature Glenelg Trust. Limestone Coast Community Workshops on Insects.
  • Nora Creina Shack Owners Association. Stage 2 - Nora Creina Environmental Restoration Initiative.
  • Millicent North Primary School. First Nations culture sessions and garden upgrade.
  • Adelaide Botanic Gardens Foundation. Engaging the community to prevent extinction of endangered flora in the Limestone Coast.
  • BirdLife Australia. Protecting our threatened coastal shorebirds and seabirds: monitoring and community participation in the Coorong.
  • Nature Foundation. Establishing a biodiversity baseline at Bullocky Bridge Nature Reserve.
  • Felicity Turner and Mel Fraser. Empowering land managers to make best practice nutrient management decisions.
  • Nature Glenelg Trust. Sowing seeds for native grass production in the Limestone Coast.

Further details on current and past projects can be found by exploring the map below.

Explore five years of community-focussed projects

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