FERAL animals are in the firing line thanks to the $100,000 injection into an environmental project on the Tweed.

Nationals MP for Tweed Geoff Provest said the project aimed to control pest animals in the shire in a bid to protect the local environment.

Minister for the Environment Robyn Parker announced the allocation on Thursday as part of an environmental restoration and rehabilitation strategy.

The project has been allocated funds from the NSW Government's Environmental Trust, with Tweed Shire Council overseeing a collaborative objective that involves three programs.

One aims to exclude cane toads from a breeding site near a coastal conservation reserve; another to expand the Indian myna control program and a third to control feral dogs, cats and foxes.

Ms Parker said the funds had come from the NSW Environmental Trust and this was one of 49 grants totalling $4.06 million under the 2011 round of the Environmental Restoration and Rehabilitation Program.

The Environmental Trust is an independent statutory body established by the NSW Government.

"The Restoration and Rehabilitation Program funds projects that protect, restore and enhance the natural environment and grants are open to community and state and local government organisations," Ms Parker said.

"I commend Tweed Council for their commitment to protect and restore their local environment."