News
Major effort to reduce nutrients entering the Hawkesbury-Nepean now underway - 29 July 2009A major project to help landholders in the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment to stop nutrients on their properties from washing into local waterways is now underway. more »
Friends gather at Ropes Creek - 29 July 2009Over 400 native shrubs were planted last weekend at Ropes Creek, North St Marys by Friends of Ropes Creek and other local residents in an effort to establish a restore bushland corridor under the powerlines in the area. more »
Aboriginal volunteers tackle the weeds at Shaws Farm - 29 July 2009The Yellomundee Aboriginal Bushcare group had their first meeting at Shaw's Farm in Yellomundee Regional Park recently and are inviting other Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal community members to join in the work. more »
Local landcare champions announced for 2009 - 22 June 2009Winners of the 2009 Hawkesbury-Nepean Landcare Awards were announced this week and ten groups and individuals were recognised for their outstanding environmental contributions over the past year. more »
10 Kilometres of Wollondilly River to be restored - 16 June 2009A major partnership between Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority (HNCMA), Greening Australia and the University of Sydney will see 10.5 kilometres of the banks of the Wollondilly River protected and enhanced. more »
$3.5m announced for Lithgow & Blue Mountains - 16 June 2009The Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority (HNCMA) announced this week it would invest $3.5 million in practical environmental projects on private and public land in the Blue Mountains and Lithgow local government areas over the next 12 months. more »
Aboriginal green teams at work on the Hawkesbury-Nepean - 16 June 2009Two local Aboriginal Green Teams have begun work on removing weed infestations along 16 kilometres of the Hawkesbury-Nepean between Mulgoa and Windsor. more »
Historic bushland protected at Hartley - 16 June 2009Brad and Rosemary Barber - second generation cattle farmers and operators of "Glenroy" cottages and camping ground near Hartley - have been progressively fencing areas of original native vegetation on their 127-hectare property over the past six years. more »
Soil Commissioner gives thumbs up to HNCMA's landscape approach - 16 June 2009On a recent inspection of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority's (HNCMA) soil conservation projects, the Director General of the Department of Lands and Commissioner of Soil Conservation, Warwick Watkins, commended the "high standard and the integrated approach of projects" in the Goulburn and Southern Highlands. more »
Major project to tackle African Olive underway - 16 June 2009A major new project to control 47 hectares of African Olive that is smothering endangered native bushland in Camden is now underway with funding from the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority (HNCMA). more »
