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The Hawkesbury Nepean CMA issues news on a regular basis and these can be searched by story (type) and/or area (region). Also available here are selected Hawkesbury Nepean news items from CMA partners and the Minister for Enironment and Climate Change.
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Funding for local coastal and estuary issues in the Hawkesbury-Nepean - 18 November 2009
The Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority (HNCMA) is offering community groups and local councils grants up to $20,000 to help improve coastal and estuary areas of the catchment, extending from Yarramundi in the Hawkesbury to the beaches of Pittwater. more »
Mount Gibraltar book now available - 18 November 2009
Since selling out within six-months of first being published in 2007, The Gib: Mount Gibraltar - Southern Highlands, has now been reprinted and is widely available through local booksellers and Wingecarribee Shire Council. more »
New Aboriginal Advisory Committee appointed for the Hawkesbury-Nepean - 11 November 2009
A new Aboriginal Advisory Committee has been appointed to advise the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority (HNCMA) on managing natural resources in the catchment. more »
Funding available to graziers to help improve land management - 10 November 2009
The Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority (HNCMA) is offering graziers grants up to $14,000 to help improve grazing and land management practices in the Southern Highlands and Goulburn districts. more »
Major gains made in protecting NSW and local natural resources - 2 November 2009
The NSW Catchment Management Authorities (CMAs) have released a report highlighting major gains in repairing and improving the health of the natural landscape across the State after only five years of operation. more »
$1 million available to landholders in the lower Hawkesbury-Nepean - 20 October 2009
The Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority (HNCMA) has announced up to $1 million will be available to assist landholders with environmental projects over the next nine months in the Hawkesbury Lower Nepean region. more »
Pigs contolled in local valleys to protect biodiversity - 1 October 2009
A project to rid private property of destructive feral pigs in the Megalong and Kanimbla valleys is proving successful with 768 pigs removed from the area through trapping and poisoning since March. more »
Hawkesbury-Nepean volunteers win big at state awards - 1 October 2009
Environmental volunteers from the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment won a series of awards at the recent NSW Landcare Awards including taking winning top honours in two categories. more »
Landcare paddlers complete epic 172 km journey down the river - 28 September 2009
Alex Muir from the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Authority and Jeff Cottrell from the Willow Warriors led a team of dozens of landcarers and supporters on an epic 172 journey down the Hawkesbury-Nepean River this week. more »
Major effort to reduce nutrients entering the Hawkesbury-Nepean now underway - 29 July 2009
A 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 »
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