Small Grants Program: Private Land Conservation Grants

Applications for 2010 are closed. Successful applicants are listed below.

Looking for support for your project? The Small Grants Program of the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife might be able to help.
The Foundation welcomes funding proposals for nature conservation projects across Australia.

Who can apply?

Small grants of up to $3,000 are available for nature conservation projects in three categories.
Not all categories may be awarded in each funding round.

A. Private Land Conservation:
Support for owners of covenanted properties in NSW to conduct habitat or species conservation projects on their property.
Small grants of up to $3,000 are available for Private Land Conservation Grants.

B. Scientific Research:
Funding for PhD students who complete a thesis relevant to wildlife conservation at an Australian University.
Application by invitation only.

C. Community Groups:
Volunteer and Community Groups working on conservation projects of native species or their habitats.
Application by invitation only.

The Private Land Conservation Grants are a co-funding initiative of the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife, the Department of Environment & Climate Change NSW, Diversicon Environmental Foundation, Nature Conservation Trust of NSW, the Paddy Pallin Foundation and the Wildlife Land Trust.

2010 Grant Recipients - Private Land Conservation Grants

Private Land Conservation Grants support owners of covenanted properties to conduct habitat or species conservation projects on their property.
This year more than $73,000 was awarded to the recipients below.

• Judy Cooney of Hungry Head
  Invasive weed control in threatened species habitat
• John Millington of Wallanbah
  Weed control and planting of native species
• David Brunckhorst of "Tilbuster North" in Tilbuster
  Fencing, weed and pest control and planting of native species
• Aimee Curtis of "Pambula Wetlands and Heritage Project Inc." in Pambula
  Frog surveys of wetland to assist conservation management
• Rod and Alexandra Tuson of "Kennedy Park" in Mt David
  Blackberry control in endangered species habitat
• Victoria McIntyre of "Buddha Rocks" in Kangaroo Valley
  Secondary and primary weed control of mist flower, moth vine and madiera vine
• John Rose of Bellingen
  Secondary weed control in Endangered Ecological Community
• Andrew and Teresita Huggett of Moonee
  Weed and feral pest control, bush regeneration and species monitoring
• John McCann and Lorraine Blyth of "Caspers Hideaway" in Busby
  Installation of glider and possum nestboxes
• Esme Wood of Galston
  Removal of weeds around river banks
• Glen Schembri of Farmborough Heights
  Lantana eradication and replanting for endangered wax plant
• Sally Chapman of "Lightning Rock" in Yarras
  Lantana control in Greater Glider habitat
• Rick Haughton and Dael Allison of Mooral Creek
  Privet and lantana control in rainforest
• Richard Summerrell of "Frogs Hole Creek" of Frogmore
  Weed control in box gum woodland
• Andrew Knop of "Mottlecah" in Mountain Creek
  Weed control and seed collection for endangered species habitat restoration
• Arnold and Mary Vayo of "Vineyard Haven" in New Italy
  Interpretive signage to promote conservation values to public
• Bob and Veronica Salmon of Dilkoon
  Training and equipment for weed control in endangered ecological community
• Maree Thompson of McLeans Ridges
  Weed control in endangered ecological community
• Sandra Heuston of "Soul of a Tree" in Rosebank
  Restoration of Big Scrub rainforest
• John Brereton of "Indigo Hill" in Bungwahl
  Bush regeneration in wildlife corridor between Myall Lakes and Wallingat National Park
• Mary White of "Falls Forest Retreat" in Johns River
  Weed control in richly biodiverse forest corridor
• Janet Mayer of "Wodi Wodi" in Foxground
  Restoration of native grassland for gregarious burrowing native bees
• Rosemary von Behrens of "Black Ridge" in Chakola (on behalf of the Black Ridge co-owners)
  Plants and materials for habitat restoration
• Gill and Tony Robinson of "Gundharwar" in Michelago
  Installation of nest boxes for gliders