Improving Endangered Ecological Community across the North West

This project was finalised on 30 June 2023. Funding applications will no longer be accepted.

Brigalow Endangered Ecological Community (EEC) provides habitat for many native species. It is listed to contain 17 fauna species that are threatened nationally and/or in Queensland and/or in New South Wales, as well as providing ecosystem services such as providing habitat for pollinators, windbreaks, and erosion control. Brigalow woodland EEC is also habitat for the painted honeyeater (Grantiella picta), which is listed as vulnerable under the federal EPBC Act. Healthy and intact brigalow woodland EECs result in healthy painted honeyeater populations.

Brigalow woodland is predominantly under threat from clearing and fragmentation, overgrazing, spray drift and invasive species. This project aims to engage the community to implement actions to reduce these threatening processes to the EEC. Improved knowledge and awareness will build on landholder ability to effectively manage brigalow EEC. Implementing targeted management actions including grazing management, weed monitoring and treatments and revegetation within project sites will see the health of brigalow woodlands improving and enhanced across the landscape.

Projects are sought anywhere where brigalow vegetation community exists across the North West LLS area. Funded activities could include:

• Fencing, water infrastructure and grazing management in and surrounding brigalow vegetation community
• Regeneration or revegetation
• Weed control.

This project commenced in July 2018 and will conclude in June 2023 and is supported by Local Land Services through funding from the Australian Government.

Project contact: Pip Jones, Senior Land Services Officer, on 0427 454 795 or email pip.jones@lls.nsw.gov.au

Download a project proposal form PDF, 959.48 KB.