Local Land Services (South East) Marine Estate Management Strategy Grant Program 2022-2023

• Land managers within 2km of the upper tidal limit may apply for riverbank vegetation improvements, riverbank stabilisation and improving roads and tracks projects.
• Primary producers within 10km of the upper tidal limit may apply for Clean Coastal Catchments projects.
• Private and public land managers are eligible for funding. Partnerships with stakeholders can also be developed where relevant. 

Land managers must be within the following prioritised catchments to be eligible for funding: 

• Land managers outside South East priority catchments.
• Land managers with overdue or non-compliant contracts with Local Land Services. 
• Urban property owners. 

Eligible activities must be associated with activities that primarily reduce direct sediment and nutrient run-off in coastal and estuarine water bodies. 

Riverbank vegetation improvements and riverbank stabilisation activities funded under this grant include: 

• riverbank revegetation
• riparian/estuarine fencing to enhance riverbank vegetation and/or exclude stock from waterways
• off-stream watering points
• erosion control works along riverbanks. 

Roads and tracks proposed for improvements must be adjacent to a river or creek. Eligible activities include: 

• sealing of unsealed roads
• improved drains
• improved sediment capture structures
• buffer enhancement projects using softer techniques (e.g. native grass plantings, weed matting, coir logs)
• capacity building – training for local government road managers.

Primary producers may be eligible for the following additional activities under Clean Coastal Catchments: 

• irrigation/fertigation system evaluations and upgrades to existing production areas that reduce water use
• effluent management systems evaluations and upgrades
• nutrient management plans to identify and reduce nutrient loss
• other activities that reduce diffuse agricultural pollution entering waterways may be considered. 

Activities that are not eligible for grants include: 

• activities which are considered statutory responsibility of individuals, groups or governments
• works that are considered a normal obligation of the landholder
• purchase of equipment or materials that are normally part of a landholder’s responsibility for the management of their property.
• infrastructure required to develop additional production areas (e.g. new crop plantings, new roads & tracks, greenhouses and earthworks)
• boundary fencing
• replacement of vegetation at sites where this change will not lead to a reduction in nutrient exports
• activities related to consent conditions on pre-existing Development Applications or other Local, State or Federal Government Orders
• existing works where expenses have already been incurred
• remediation works as directed by a compliance order.