Funding of up to $20,000 per project is available to incorporated community groups and not-for-profit organisations to undertake small on-ground projects tackling important local natural resource management issues.

The Partnerships Project is part of the Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority (CMA) 2011-12 CMA Incentives Program. The funding is provided by the Federal and NSW State Governments through Caring for Our Country and Catchment Action NSW.

All applicants need to contact a Murrumbidgee CMA case officer to discuss your project prior to lodging your application. The CMA can be contacted by phone (69 323 232) or email (murrumbidgee@cma.nsw.gov.au [1]).

Further information is also available from the Murrumbidgee CMA website, at: www.murrumbidgee.cma.nsw.gov.au/getinvolved/incentive_program/cp.aspx [2]