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Thursday, 11 February 2021, 3:38 pm In its inaugural year, the Working for Nature/Mahi mō te Taiao fund has awarded environment grants to 20 projects across Marlborough to protect and restore native habitats. In November, the Council received 34 applications from community groups and landowners from small-scale plantings in forgotten vineyard corners to wide scale goat control in the Marlborough Sounds. Four projects were fully funded with the other 16 co-funded by other sources. Overall, more than $200,000 was requested which exceeded the $70,000 fund in its first year. The next round of applications will open in the second half of 2021 and see the fund increased to $90,000. ....