Australian Government Volunteer Grants Program
Tamar NRM is pleased to announce they have received grant funding from the Australian Government as part of the 2021 Volunteer Grants Program to run a series of community educational workshops. These workshops are aimed to help build knowledge, awareness, and understanding around a range of natural resource-related topics including; weed identification, volunteerism, aboriginal culture, feral animal management, fungi, and fauna. Tamar NRM will organise a series of workshops over the next 12 months, so watch this space for more information.
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TasNetworks Tasmanian Futures Sustainable Future Grants Program
Tamar NRM is also pleased to announce we secured funding through the TasNetworks Tasmanian Futures Sustainable Future Grants Program. The funding will be used to facilitate a kanamaluka/ Tamar Estuary, Source to Sea Education Program. The program will focus on facilitating a series of excursions educating the community and local students on the impacts of land use on the catchment with a particular focus on the King Meadows Rivulet.
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Besom Heath Eradication Project
Tamar NRM has been successful in obtaining a grant for a three-year project to tackle an invasive weed, Besom Heath, which is growing in a relatively small area of land in the Bridgenorth area. The $67,630 Facilitated Large Grant from the Tasmanian Government's Weed Action Fund will allow Tamar NRM and partners to run a chemical trial on a property at Bridgenorth to find an effective chemical treatment for Besom Heath, and then to plan the treatment and eradication of the weed over the next few years. Support from landowners where the weed is growing will be crucial to the success of this project.
The chemical trial has been started, and will be monitored for the next 18 months to find which chemical or combination of chemicals is most effective in killing Besom Heath. Effected landowners will be offered assistance to develop weed management plans, and to do on-ground works to eliminate the weed.
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