Riverina Threatened Species and Ecosystem program

Eligibility to lodge an Expression of Interest (EOI) 

Applications are invited from landholders located within the priority areas shown in Appendix A of the guidelines.

If you are not the owner of the property (for example, a manager or custodian), you can submit an EOI on behalf of the property owner/s. However, you will need written support of all the owners. 

To be eligible for grant funding, the property/project must meet the following requirements:

• Project is located on private land and falls under the operational area of the Riverina Local Land Services. 
• Works are located within the defined project areas (Appendix A of the guidelines).
• The project aligns with the program purpose and objectives. 
• The landholder/occupier does not have any incomplete or un-acquitted projects with Riverina Local Land Services. 
• The landholder/occupier does not have any overdue debts with Local Land Services.
• The landholder/occupier is willing to enter into a funding deed with Riverina Local Land Services for a period of up to 10 years. 
• The property owner/s is not an employee or board member of Riverina Local Land Services or their immediate relative (spouse, partner, sibling, parent or child). 

To be eligible for grant funding, an applicant must meet each of the following requirements:

• Have an Australian Business Number (ABN) or be able to complete a Statement by a Supplier form. 
• Hold or commit to obtaining public liability insurance of $10 million or more per occurrence or hold equivalent or better self-insurance to the satisfaction of the Riverina Local Land Services, prior to executing a Funding Deed. 
• Be a landowner, or have the permission of the landowner, of private land within the priority project areas and falls under the operational area of the Riverina Local Land Services. 

• Installing nest boxes in areas where natural hollows are absent or in short supply.
• Revegetation to connect remnant habitat through fencing, site preparation and revegetation.
• Protecting and enhancing habitat, including individual paddock trees through fencing, infill planting and establishing individual paddock trees.
• Pest and weed control targeting priority pest plants, and animals impacting on the threatened species.

• Works considered a normal obligation of the landholder (for example, fencing repairs purchase of equipment or materials for normal property management).
• Projects that are considered to be wholly of private benefit.
• Boundary fences.
• Maintenance carried out on land not subject to a preexisting agreement.
• Work required by reason of legal obligations being placed on the property or landholder (for example, regulation, statutory responsibility, consent conditions, covenants, compliance notices, court orders, set aside arrangements or existing landholder agreements/funding deeds).
   

The application must meet essential criteria outlined within the grant guidelines for the
application to be further assessed through assessment criteria.

Riverina Local Land Services will undertake further assessment through desktop and on-site criteria.