Horizons new biodiversity fund up for applications
12 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Horizons councillor Fiona Gordon says a new biodiversity fund will be a huge help for community groups. Photo / supplied
Horizons councillor Fiona Gordon says a new biodiversity fund will be a huge help for community groups. Photo / supplied
Whanganui Chronicle
A new fund for community biodiversity projects is now open.
Horizons Regional Council s Kanorau Koiora Taketake - Indigenous Biodiversity Community Grant is a contestable fund, and a change from previous years when the Rangitīkei Environment Group got $95,000 a year from Rangitīkei ratepayers in a targeted rate to fight the weed old man s beard.