Clean Rivers and Waterways On-ground Works Funding

The Kangaroo Island Landscape Board is pleased to offer funding to assist with on-ground works projects. This current round of funding targets projects that help improve water quality and river health, strengthen and repair riparian habitats, restore KI Narrow-leaved Mallee Woodland and support biodiversity and climate resilience. Funding is limited and will be allocated based on project outcomes.

Eligible projects include:

Fencing

• to protect creek lines, riparian vegetation and revegetation from livestock grazing and trampling.

Revegetation

• planting native trees and shrubs to repair riparian habitats, stabilise streambank erosion, reduce rising salinity, increase waterway connectivity & restore KI Narrow-leaved Mallee Woodland.

Watercourse management

• installing stock and/or vehicle crossings to minimise in-stream nutrient input, sedimentation and prevent streambank erosion.
• relocating stock watering points away from watercourses.

Applications open on Monday 14 September 2026 and close at 5 pm on Sunday 11 October 2026.

All applications must be submitted online via the SmartyGrants portal. This portal will open on Monday 14 September 2026.

Please read the Funding Guidelines for information about rates of funding, eligibility, and the application process before applying. The SmartyGrants Technical Help Guide is also a handy read.

If you need any assistance completing your application through SmartyGrants, please contact Kym Lashmar on 8553 2476 during business hours or you can email us at ki.landscapeboard@sa.gov.au

On-ground Works grants are funded by the South Australian Government as part of the Clean Rivers and Waterways project and by the South Australian Government’s Landscape Priorities Fund (LPF). The LPF redistributes landscape levies collected by Green Adelaide in the metropolitan area to regional landscape boards.