Clean Coastal Catchments Horticulture Environmental Improvements Grants — NSW

• Applicant must be a commercial grower of vegetables, edible herbs, blueberries, blackberries, or raspberries. • Applicant must reside in or operate within the North Coast Local Land Services region. • Eligible applicants include owners of berry and vegetable farms and leaseholding growers with owner permission. • Applicants may be individuals or businesses. • Applicants outside the target region are not eligible. • Hobbyist or non-commercial growers are not eligible. • Farmers producing non-target commodities are not eligible. • Works must be carried out within the North Coast LLS region. • Works must be on private land or managed perpetual lease Crown land. • Works must be in a coastal draining catchment close to a named waterway where pollution is possible. • Works must be on existing horticultural production areas. • Applications are limited to one property per landholder. • Funding requested must be between $10,000 and $35,000. • Applicants must provide an in-kind contribution equal to or greater than the amount requested. • Applicants must commit to five years of site maintenance after completion. • Funded works must be completed within the 2023/2024 financial year. • Applicants must hold public liability insurance of at least $10 million. • Proposed works must align with program objectives and eligible activities. • Proposed activities must comply with local, New South Wales, and Australian laws and regulations. • Applicants must have paid all current North Coast LLS financial obligations before receiving a funding agreement. • Any conflict of interest must be declared. • Successful recipients must enter into a funding agreement, undertake before-and-after monitoring, complete a final report, and consent to publication of grant details.