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NRMA Community Grants

14 March 2012 - 10:23pm — Kimberley Beattie

Date:

30 Mar 2012 - 4:00pm

NRMA are offering grants of $500 to $10,000 (including GST) for community groups to run projects in each of the following four categories: Crime Prevention, Road Safety, Emergency Readiness and Response, and Environment.

The full application details may be downloaded below.

Community Action Grants closing soon!

13 February 2012 - 10:31am — Nicole Maher

Date:

27 Mar 2012 - 5:00pm

Landcare and other community groups are invited to apply for a 2012 Community Action Grant, the small grants component of the Australian Government's 'Caring For our Country' initiative. These grants, of between $5,000 and $20,000, aim to help local community groups take action to conserve and protect their natural environment.

Community Action Grants are a fantastic opportunity for Landcare groups to get funding for local issues and projects. To see a list of recent recipients of these grants in our local area, and get ideas for your own project, click here!

Wah Wah Stock tank wildlife information evening

18 January 2012 - 3:53pm — Kimberley Beattie

Date:

25 Jan 2012 - 6:00pm

DO YOU KNOW WHAT LURKS IN THE WILDS OF WAH WAH?

With the Wah Wah stock and domestic pipeline now set to go ahead, there is concern among locals about the loss of wildlife habitat.

A wildlife family field day will be held on Wednesday, January 25th, to reveal the secretive wetland critters that use stock tanks and to discuss ways of mitigating the loss of habitat.

Join Hay Landcare Group from 6pm to 8pm at 'Galah' (Mid Western Hwy, 1 km south of Wongalea Rd turnoff) for a family barbeque and chat with scientists about wildlife in the Wah Wah district and what the new pipeline might mean.

Bat - water tank fauna

Indigenous values workshops - Nimmitabel

4 October 2011 - 1:36pm — Nicole Maher

Date:

20 Oct 2011 - 9:00am

Rod Mason, a respected Ngarigo elder, aims to reconnect people to the natural and cultural resources in our region, and create a better understanding of our shared cultural, heritage and biodiversity values, both indigenous and non-indigenous. His aim is to have indigenous natural resource management techniques adopted in farm and reserve management.

Community Planting at Murrumbateman

29 September 2011 - 2:35pm — ML

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23 Oct 2011 - 8:45am

Murrumbateman community planting Help Greening Australia, Murrumbateman Landcare Group, Yass Valley Council and the RTA improve local habitat and diversity.