Tamar Action Grants

Round 16: Tamar Action Grants

Status: Applications now closed.

Eligible areas: Meander, North and South Esk, Lake River, Brumbys, Macquarie and kanamaluka/Tamar catchments

Funding is available for:

• waterway fencing;
• alternative stock water;
• stock crossings; and
• revegetation and associated weed management.

Projects can be staged and include multiple sites.

NRM North has been selected as the preferred provider to deliver the Tamar Estuary River Health Action Plan – Catchment Works Program. The program provides funding to support a range of activities that help improve water quality by reducing pathogen concentrations in the kanamaluka/Tamar estuary.

The Tamar Action Grants aim to improve water quality in the kanamaluka/ Tamar estuary by excluding stock from waterways and rehabilitating riparian revegetation buffers on dairy and grazing farms.

NRM North provides one-to-one support to graziers and dairy farmers to assist them to apply for funding. Catchment Coordinators will conduct a site visit and provide property-specific project planning, which takes into consideration all waterways on the property and includes assistance in mapping, budgeting and timing of on-ground works associated with fencing.

Some recommended steps that you can do to prepare are:

1. Contact NRM North to discuss your property needs
2. Understand your legal obligations when working near waterways; and
3. Conduct an Aboriginal Heritage Property Search as part of your project.

It is the landholder’s responsibility to have all of the correct permits and approvals before undertaking any works along a river. This includes contacting Forest Practices Authority if you intend on clearing native vegetation as part of your project. Make sure you contact your Local Government Authority prior to starting works.

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The following resources may assist in developing your application:

• The LIST map for Property Identification Numbers (PID) numbers required for your grant application.
• Floodplain fencing design principles factsheet.
• Riparian Revegetation Plant List for the Tamar catchment.
• Land clearing information factsheet from the Forest Practices Authority.
• Watch the four-part video series that explains why the Catchment Works program is important, what pathogens are, how and why we are reducing them entering the Tamar catchment, and how graziers and dairy farmers are benefiting from the support being provided through the Tamar Action Grants.
• Tasmanian Dairy Effluent Management Contacts for service provides in the Tasmanian effluent management space. Updated April 2023 by Dairy Tasmania.