JULY 16, 2018: THREE organisations in the region will receive funding of between $30,000 and $50,000 to undertake work to improve their natural environment under the Liberal National Government’s Landcare Program.Congratulations go to Fauna Rescue Whitsundays, Whitsunday Catchment Landcare and Pioneer Catchment & Landcare Group who will receive funding under Phase Two of the $5 million Environment Small Grants component of the program to deliver natural resource management activities.These groups will undertake community projects at the local level which contribute to national environment priorities.Fauna Rescue Whitsundays plan to revegetate between eight and 12 release/rehab/carers areas to aid sustainable food sources for wildlife in an area which has been heavily impacted by cyclones over the past 20 years.Tthis is about planning ahead so that we don’t lose wildlife numbers. Whitsunday Catchment Landcare aim to encourage sustainable land management on small properties, particularly those adjacent to national parks and threatened species habitats.Pioneer Catchment & Landcare Group will gather data and raise the profile of a little water mouse named Xeromys Myoides. They will be assessing the extent of the population and key threats, including monitoring fox dens and pests and weeds.This is the kind of hands-on environmental work that protects, rehabilitates and restores our environmental assets in the region and I congratulate these groups on their endeavours.For more information, go to: http://www.business.gov.au/nlpesg