Grassroots Grants 2025 recipients announced
Eleven community and landholder projects have received a share of $56,161 in funding thanks to the Kangaroo Island Landscape Board's 2025 Grassroots Grants program.
Individuals and groups have been awarded grants ranging from $1,075 to $8,000 for projects such as restoring native vegetation around a lake, protecting and establishing native vegetation to shelter stock and encourage biodiversity, creating initiatives at the local school to recycle plastic and grow native plants, planting drooping sheoaks to increase glossy black-cockatoo feeding habitat, and establishing confinement yards and perennial pastures to reduce soil erosion and improve water quality.
Kangaroo Island Landscape Board Chair Andrew Heinrich said that over the past five years, 46 projects benefiting the environment and sustainable agriculture have received more than $255,800 in Grassroots Grants funding, generating $380,695 of in-kind support from the community.
"The Grassroots Grants are an excellent example of on-ground action demonstrating the ripple effect of funding community-led projects to deliver environmental and sustainable agriculture outcomes important to Kangaroo Island," Mr Heinrich said.
"In total, the Kangaroo Island Landscape Board received 25 Grassroots Grant applications this year." he said.
"We would like to congratulate those who were successful in gaining funding for their projects and encourage others interested to get in touch with the Landscape Board to discuss your projects in time for next year's Grassroots Grants round."
Grassroots Grants is a community focused program funded through the Landscape Levy, collected by the Kangaroo Island Council on behalf of the Kangaroo Island Landscape Board.
Recipients include:
A landholder in Wisanger
A private landholder received funding for habitat restoration on the eastern shore of Salt Lake by removing African boxthorn from 0.5 hectares around the lake's perimeter and replanting with 100 native plants.
Friends of Dudley Peninsula Parks
Friends of Dudley Peninsula Parks received funding for their 'Little Friends of Parks' program to support the creation of an environmental education initiative at KICE Penneshaw Campus, where students aged 9 to 12 will grow 500-1000 native seedlings per year to plant in local conservation areas.
Friends of Parks KI Western Districts
Friends of Parks KI Western Districts received funding to revegetate the old Remarkable Rocks walking trail in Flinders Chase National Park, with assistance from KICE students, through the planting and protection of 600 native plants.
Primary producer on the Dudley Peninsula
A farming enterprise on the Dudley Peninsula received funding to construct four containment yards to protect and enhance native vegetation, improve water quality and soil infiltration, and enhance animal health and business efficiency during dry times. Learnings from this project will be shared during a community information day.
Browse a complete list of the 11 Round 6 successful grant projects here:
Applications for the next round of Kangaroo Island Landscape Board's Grassroots Grants program (Round 6) will open in April 2026.
