Applications for round two of the Threatened Species Partnership Grant Program (the program) are now open. Applications close 18 January 2026.
Round two of the program will provide a $600,000 funding pool for projects focusing on two key themes: healthy habitats and resilience to invasive species and disease.
There are already some great outcomes from work being done by grant recipients under round one.
A round one recipient, the Tasmanian Land Conservancy, was awarded $88,000 to restore natural water flows to Sloping Main Conservation Area on the Tasman Peninsula.
Historic farming and hydrology infrastructure at the site had resulted in changes to the movement of freshwater and tidal flows, impacting the natural vegetation structure.
The project reversed these impacts and helped ecological recovery of the site, allowing natural inundation patterns to return and the re-establishment of saltmarsh vegetation. These support many species that call the saltmarsh home. Birdlife is already returning to the marsh.
This is an example of how modest investments that are strategically targeted can transform the environmental health of landscapes.
View of the mouth of the outlet (top left) and the location of the remediated channel (bottom right) at Sloping Main, where a tidal weir and levee bank were removed as part of the project ‘Reviving the tides: Saltmarsh restoration at Burdens Marsh, Sloping Main’, delivered by the Tasmanian Land Conservancy in partnership with the Nature Glenelg Trust.
Photo: Mark Bachmann
More information about round two of the Threatened Species Partnership Grant Program can be found on the grants and funding webpage.