November 3rd, 2023Local land care groups secure grant dollars

Fifteen different local landcare, friends groups or networks will benefit from close to $60,000 worth of funding that’s just been awarded through the Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s annual Environment Group Support Grants.

Alongside recipients of Landcare and Environmental Friends Group Support Funding (up to $800) and the Strategic Weed Partnership Program(up to $1,500), nine unique community projects will become a reality through the new Biolink Boost Grant (up to $5,000), co-funded with Macedon Ranges Community Enterprises Limited and Bendigo Bank.

The newly awarded grants were announced last week at the council’s scheduled October meeting.

Also tabled was the Annual Environment Report 2022-23, which outlines the council’s progress towards achieving the vision and the objectives of its environment strategy.

Some of the key highlights include the adoption of the Counting Down to Zeroplan, more than 22,000 natives planted along priority waterways and a reduction of 7.5 per cent to the total amount of kerbside general waste.