2023 GALLAGHER LANDCARE ELECTRIC FENCING GRANT RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED
Landcare Australia, with Gallagher, announces the 2023 Gallagher Landcare Electric Fencing Grant recipients.
A total pool of $176,000 (ex-GST) was made available to 22 eligible groups or individuals for use on conservation and biodiversity protection projects. The projects were selected because they are aligned to Gallagher’s priority areas of conservation exclusion/inclusion fencing, riparian protection and farm dam restoration.
Each successful recipient will receive up to $8,000 (ex-GST) towards electric fencing materials provided by Gallagher, in line with its commitment to support local communities and the environment with Landcare Australia.
Congratulations to the Gallagher and Landcare Australia Electric Fencing Grant recipients for 2023:
| Grant recipient | State/Area | Project summary |
| The Lifeflow Meditation Center | SA/Brukunga | Installation of a permanent conservation fence to safely exclude grazing wild animals from severely fire-damaged area |
| Jim Mead, Jim Sustainable Solutions | SA/Inman Valley | Fencing a degraded Fleurieu swamp to revegetate with a range of native reeds and plants |
| Hawksview Estate | NSW/Lake Hume Village | Riparian protection to manage livestock and improve water quality flowing into Hawdons Lagoon |
| Clarence Landcare | NSW/Grafton | Exclusion fencing to prevent cattle eroding floodplains and improve water quality |
| Trevor and Joanne Deacon | VIC/Browns Plains | Fencing to exclude livestock and pest animals to restore a large riparian zone and encourage native flora and fauna growth |
| Riley’s Run | VIC/Strathewan | Fencing for regenerative farming and enhancing river health and quality |
| Australian Bush Trees | QLD/Teebar | Conservation fencing to repair vegetation and riparian zone around Teebar Creek |
| Berengere Sutherland | VIC/Dixons Creek | Fencing to protect a new native tree corridor |
| Wayne Gibbs | SA/Normanville | Fencing to increase biodiversity of land and waterways |
| Kate Brown & Stephen Warth | VIC/Panmure | Fencing to protect and banks of Mount Emu Creek and its resident platypus |
| Landcare Broken Hill | NSW/Broken Hill | Fencing to protect and biodiversity and endangered species surrounding the local Nature Park, which has suffered the effects of extreme drought |
| Woodleigh Vale | VIC/Kongwak | Fencing to regenerate soils for native vegetation and restore banks of river on property |
| DM & JA Carpenter | WA/Rocky Gully | Fencing to protect native vegetation such as tea trees and eucalyptus |
| Digby Hone | NSW/Barraba | Riparian management of a subsidiary creek protecting native vegetation |
| Gleneden Family Farm & Bullock Team | QLD/Maryvale | Restoration of overworked arable paddocks and under-utilised forest ridges |
| Angela Escolme | TAS/Oyster Cove | Fencing to exclude livestock to allow for replanting of native vegetation and riverbank protection |
| N.V Frost and T Hussey | VIC/Ensay | Fencing to exclude livestock to reduce salinity in waterways and restore a healthy ecosystem |
| Butt Farms, the Lakes | WA/Woottating | Fencing for conservation and protection of waterways and native flora and fauna |
| Mitchelson Holdings | TAS/Quamby Bend | Fencing to eradicate invasive weeds, protect the river from livestock, conserve the native habitat and enhance filtration of effluent runoff from the paddocks. |
| Karri Hill Pastoral | WA/Kentdale | Riparian protection to improve water quality by preventing wallaby drowning and cattle degradation |
| Andrew & Bronwyn Stevens | VIC/Ferguson | Fencing to exclude livestock and pests, encouraging biodiversity growth |
| Kalonga Pastoral CO. | NSW/Hareford | Riparian preservation to exclude pests and promote native flora. |
