Glenthorne’s revegetation program receives funding boost from Australian Government

Glenthorne’s revegetation program receives funding boost from Australian Government

The Aus­tralian Gov­ern­ment is invest­ing $1.7 mil­lion in Glenthorne’s exten­sive eco­log­i­cal restora­tion program.

Fed­er­al Min­is­ter for the Envi­ron­ment Sus­san Ley joined Min­is­ter for Envi­ron­ment and Water David Speirs at Glen­thorne last month to announce Com­mon­wealth fund­ing sup­port for the restora­tion works.

The invest­ment will fund the cost to prop­a­gate 90,000 plants to restore threat­ened Grey Box Grassy Wood­land with­in Glen­thorne Nation­al Park-Itya­mai­it­pin­na Yarta and will also include weed con­trol pro­grams and site prepa­ra­tion works across 165 hectares.

The 90,000 plants are in addi­tion to the 36,000 plants placed in the ground ear­li­er this year.

Fund­ing for the Glen­thorne Nation­al Park restora­tion ini­tia­tive is pro­vid­ed through the Aus­tralian Government’s $100 mil­lion Envi­ron­ment Restora­tion Fund which tar­gets three key pri­or­i­ty areas: pro­tect­ing threat­ened and migra­to­ry species and their habi­tats; improv­ing Australia’s coasts, oceans and water­ways; and increas­ing recy­cling of waste.

Main image: L‑R Min­is­ter for Envi­ron­ment and Water David Speirs, Fed­eR­AL Min­is­ter for the Envi­ron­ment Sus­san Ley, Glen­thorne Part­ner­ship mem­bers Ian Cross­land, Tash Howard, Ker­sten Sten­gel, Glen­thorne Part­ner­ship Chair­per­son David Green­hough, Nation­al Parks and Wildlife Ser­vice SA Senior Ranger Jae Ellis.