Organisations, sites and programs in the Murrumbidgee catchment.
The Eastern Riverina Landcare Network represents Landcare groups surrounding the centres of Henty, Lockhart, The Rock and Mangoplah with an area of over 350,000ha of highly productive dryland farming area in the wheat/sheep belt.
ErinEarth, "walking lightly on the earth", is an environmental education house and garden on half a hectare of land in central Wagga Wagga.
The Ginninderra Catchment Group is an incorporated umbrella group of community volunteers working in the water catchment of the Ginninderra Creek.
Harden Murrumburrah Landcare Group (HMLG) was formed in 1989 and encompasses the Jugiong Creek (Harden Shire) Catchment with a membership of 240.
The network provides a forum for the sharing of information regarding the sustainable management of natural resources in the Lower Murrumbidgee Catchment.
The Kyeamba Valley Landcare group is a group of Kyeamba Valley landholders with a common concern about the protection of our natural resources.
The Lower Murrumbidgee Catchment Landcare Network includes Landcare groups and other interested people in the Coleambally Irrigation Area & Districts and the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area & Districts, including the towns of Griffith, Leeton and Coleambally and Darlington Point.
The Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority (CMA) delivers funding from the NSW and Australian Governments to help land managers improve and restore the natural resources of the catchment. The Murrumbidgee CMA is a community-managed statutory organisation established by the NSW Government in 2004. It is overseen by a community-based Board and is an organisation run by local people for local people.
The Murrumbidgee Field Naturalists are a group of like minded people who share a belief that the biodiversity of the Mid Murrumbidgee Valley is worth knowing about and preserving.
The Riverina Highlands Landcare Network is a grass roots umbrella organisation representing landcare, landholders and the general community in the Tumut, Adelong, Gundagai and Batlow region.
The Tarcutta Valley Landcare Group serves landholders and community groups surrounding the Borambola, Tarcutta, Humula, Carabost and Laurel Hill regions.
The Upper Murrumbidgee Catchment Coordinating Committee (UMCCC) is a community-based organisation made up of agencies and groups that are responsible for natural resource management in the the upper Murrumbidgee catchment. The UMCCC operates as a regional cross-border network to enhance communication between agencies and groups in NSW and the Australian Capital Territory which lie wholly within the upper catchment of the Murrumbidgee River.
In the Upper Murrumbidgee there are currently 17 Landcare Groups tackling problems that degrade our environment and reduce productivity. These issues include weeds, declining water quality remnant vegetation management and soil erosion.
The Wagga Wagga Urban Landcare Group works towards achieving a viable, sustainable community which embraces long term environmental considerations.
The Yass Area Network of Landcare Groups is a collective organisation made up of the landcare groups in the Yass region of NSW. Its purpose is to facilitate the development of landcare in the region and to represent regional landcare with Government bodies such as the Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority, the NSW Landcare Committee, Non Government Organisations such as Greening Australia and Landcare Australia and the regional community.
Training now available to Landcare networks and other NRM groups.