Applications are now invited through the open call investment process under the Caring for Our Country 2012-13 Business Plan. This funding is for projects valued at between $20,000 and $500,000.

Priorities for investment under this round include:

• Indigenous participation in NRM;
• Increasing native habitat;
• Reducing the impact of vertebrate pest animals and/or Weeds of National Significance; and
• Sustainable farm practices (improving management practices, landscape-scale conservation, and improving knowledge and skills).

Full details on the Open Call funding program, including application guidelines, are available at: http://www.nrm.gov.au/funding/open-call/index.html [1]

If you have ideas for a project, feel free to contact your local Regional Landcare Facilitator to discuss:

• Upper and mid catchment: Nicole Maher (nmaher@murrumbidgeelandcare.asn.au [2])
• Lower catchement: Kimberley Beattie (kbeattie@murrumbidgeelandcare.asn.au [3])