The Australian Government has just announced the recipients of the 2011 Community Action Grants, under the Caring for Our Country program. Community Action Grants offer up to $20,000 to community groups, to help address local priority issues. The Grants generally open around July each year, and are a great opportunity for local groups to get support for important projects and initiatives.

A number of local Murrumbidgee groups were successful, including:

• Bredbo Community Landcare Group - Extension to Jack's Gully (Railway Gully) wildlife corridor
• Kyeamba Valley Landcare Group - Provenance seed collection for property revegetation in the Kyeamba Valley
• Molongolo Catchment Group - Rabbit control in the Molongolo catchment
• Numerall and District Landcare Group - Aid to weed identification and management in the Numeralla community

The full list of successful grant recipients, including details of the projects, is available at: www.nrm.gov.au/cag/cag-projects/2011-12/index.html [1]

If you have an idea for a project, and would like some assistance in applying for a grant such as this, feel free to contact your Regional Landcare Facilitators at any time:

• Nicole Maher (upper and mid catchment): nmaher@murrrumbidgeelandcare.asn.au [2]
• Kimberley Beattie (lower catchment): kbeattie@murrumbidgeelandcare.asn.au [3]

Congratulations to all our local Murrumbidgee groups who were successful in their applications for a 2011 CAG!