The Peel-Harvey Catchment Council has celebrated World Environment Day with the launch of its Community Environment Grants (CEG) Program for 2020/21.
The popular grant program assists landholders and community groups to protect key environmental assets by directly funding on-ground works such as fencing of bushland, and weed and feral animal control.
More than $370,000 is up for grabs for landholders and community groups to support successful projects within the Peel-Harvey Catchment across these priority areas.
The 2019/20 CEG program targeted a number of threatened species and types of bushland, as well as assisted landholders to protect bushland or native vegetation on their farms.
This year, the program is focused on four priority areas in the region including on-farm native vegetation, Numbat conservation, Banksia Woodland protection and Black Cockatoo habitat.
PHCC chair, Caroline Knight, recently launched the program and urged farmers, landholders, community groups, local governments and schools to consider potential projects and on-ground works.
"Our CEG grants are a great way for our community to receive assistance to for on-ground works to protect the environment and natural resources on their farm or local reserve," she said.
"This year CEG is very much about both environmental restoration and sustainable farming.
"Protecting and restoring the environment is not only good for our grandchildren, but also good for farming and long-term farm profitability."
For more information, or to discuss a project idea or application eligibility, email grants@peel-harvey.org.au.
Landholders and groups from the Swan Coastal Plain and Jarrah Forest can also call 6369 8800.
Applications close on August 31, 2020.
