Five Fleurieu-based organisations are among those awarded substantial national grants towards their work along the River Murray.

Applications for the first small grants round of the Murray–Darling Healthy Rivers Program were open from 3-31 March. 

Organisations could apply for grants between $5,000 and $50,000 for community-led, on-ground projects that improve the health of rivers and wetlands in the Basin.

The Hon Keith Pitt MP, Minister for Resources and Water, announced the successful applicants for grant funding last month. 

The successful projects include riverbank revegetation, installing grazing exclusion fencing to prevent erosion, invasive species control and re-snagging rivers for fish habitat.

The Hindmarsh Island Landcare Group received $50,000 towards restoration of Shadows Paddock, Lawari Conservation Park.

A private landholder in Finniss was granted $42,200 to instal stock exclusion fencing, weed control and planting along the Finniss River.

In Clayton Bay, the Trustee for Nature Glenelg Trust received $47,950 towards a conservation facility for the Southern Bell Frog in the Lower Lakes.

The Goolwa to Wellington Local Action Planning Association was granted $49,250 to provide critical habitat for threatened species at Tolderol wetlands.

To protect wetlands and enhance biodiversity on Hindmarsh Island, Wilderness Escape Outdoor Adventures was granted $49,190.

Nationally 75 grants were made to boost the Murray Darling Basin, with 12 going to South Australian projects.

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