Weeds Action Fund Stage 2 Small Grants - Round 1 - Funded Projects This round contributes to Stage 2 of the Tasmanian Weeds Action Fund, a $5 million Tasmanian Government initiative, funded for five years from 2018 and delivered by NRM North. The funds provided by the Tasmanian Government will be invested with landholders, land managers, and other organisations to tackle weeds that are impacting valuable agricultural and environmental assets.

Applicant Project title WAF grant funds sought $ GST excl. Coal River Products Ass., Weed Management Plan 10,000 CRPA Furneaux Landcare Inc Weeds of the Furneaux Islands: Beach Daisy control, ‘Weeds of 5,116 the Islands’ info-poster, updated weed mapping of 25 significant weeds Derwent Catchment Project Biosecurity program for orange hawkweed 10,000 Council Phased eradication of karamu (Coprosma robusta) and surveying 9,700 of seeding willow (Salix spp.) along the Kermandie River.

Eco-Works Eradicating African feathergrass (Pennisetum macrourum) in the 8,125 Huon Valley – Stage 2: Weed treatment and survey expansion.

Derwent Catchment Project Reducing the spread of African feather grass within the 10,000 Derwent Valley Public awareness, training, and response planning for potential 9,720 invasion and establishment of a range of paddock grass weeds (including Nassella and Eragrostis species) in the Huon Valley

Tamar NRM Development of a strategic Management Strategy for the Tamar 10,000 Valley John Cooper Continued eradication of Chilean needle grass 7,800 Derwent Estuary Program Producing a Strategic Weed Assessment & Prioritisation Plan 9,960 for the Derwent estuary foreshore

Eco-Works Strategic management of Espartillo, across its Tasmanian 2,932 mainland range W & C von Bibra Eradicating saffron thistle, cotton thistle, horehound and gorse 8,900 from sown pastures and a conservation covenant on Somerset, Epping Forest.

Hobart City Council, Bushcare Protecting the wet forests of kunanyi/Mt Wellington by 5,500 Coord controlling a highly invasive weed, Daphne laurel (Daphne laureola)

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Kingborough Council Karamu and seeding willow survey and control project– Browns 9,600 River, City Council, and Parks and Wildlife Services collaboration

Mount Roland Rivercare Protecting Mount Roland and nearby WHA from invasion by 10,000 Catchment Inc., MRRCI Kunzea ericoides and foxgloves Derwent Catchment Project Stopping Ragwort entering the Derwent Valley through the 6,690 Ouse River Tamar NRM Detection and eradication of Nassella weeds (Chilean needle 9,680 grass and serrated tussock) in the Tamar valley

Friends of Deal Island, FODI Weed management, erosion control, and revegetation on Deal 5,000 (WIldcare Inc) Island Oyster Bay Oysters Long-term control of serrated tussock on neighbouring 9,963 properties at Little Swanport Jodie Presnell Control of Serrated tussock to manage containment within 1,547 Calverts Hill area & control of White weed and likely Chilean needle grass. Parks and Wildlife Removal of Leycesteria Formosa, Ilex aquifolium, Cortaderia sp. and 1,890 Service Rubus fruticosus from the Mt Farrell Track trailhead (Tullah).

Central Coast Council Collaborative profiling of Erica lusitanica (Spanish heath) across 9,780 five local council areas in NW Tas Friends of Fisher Island George Rocks Nature Reserve Restoration Project: Eradication 9,097 of Mirror Bush Hobart City Council Hobart Rivulet - removal of crack willow and revegetation 11,000 project. Latrobe / Kentish Councils Weed management plan / Mapping of Zone A Declared weeds 8,000

TOTAL 200,000

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