The NSW Catchment Management Authorities (CMAs) have reported major gains in repairing and improving the health of the natural landscape across the State after only five years of operation.

Farmers around the region will be given the opportunity to boost their knowledge of grass species in their area and the role they play in the environment and productivity, through a series of field days hosted by the Border Rivers-Gwydir CMA and NSW Industry & Investment (formerly NSW DPI) next week.

The Border Rivers-Gwydir CMA, Macintyre Development Unit (MDU) 2000 and GWYMAC Landcare would like to congratulate the deserved 2009 winners of the MDU Black-Woods Shield and Resource Management Competition, John and Jenny Gamper of “Pinetrees”, Delungra.

Property Management Planning is the process that landholders can go through to develop a sustainable management plan for their property that balances both natural resource management and productivity.

The High School NAIDOC Week Debating Challenge is held annually between aboriginal students from Macintyre and Inverell High Schools and this year Macintyre High School debated their way to the top. The debating challenge is supported each year by the Border Rivers-Gwydir CMA through its Indigenous Cultural Heritage Program.

In response to considerable community interest, the Border Rivers-Gwydir CMA will be holding a Property Management Planning information session in Warialda next week.

Local landholders, community members, scientists and NSW Government staff will come together on 19 August to share ideas on the future management of the Gwydir Wetlands and Gingham Watercourse.

The last of four revegetation trial sites in the Moree district has been planted using a large-scale direct drill agricultural planter. The trials are part of a two year project undertaken by the Border Rivers-Gwydir Catchment Management Authority (CMA).

Landholders in the Moree region will have the opportunity to find out some of the myths and facts of soil carbon in a workshop hosted by the Border Rivers-Gwydir Catchment Management Authority (CMA) on Friday 17th July (Postponed to the 21st August).

The first meeting of the Regional Strategic Invasive Species Plan Steering Committee was held yesterday at the Border Rivers-Gwydir Catchment Management Authority (CMA) office in Inverell. The NSW Department of Primary Industries Vertebrate Pest Research Unit has been contracted by the Border Rivers-Gwydir CMA to develop the plan.

The Border Rivers-Gwydir Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has announced its 2009-2010 commitments to natural resource management following the NSW State Budget.

The Border Rivers-Gwydir CMA’s water and soils experts are building their knowledge of the environment surrounding the rivers and streams in our region following extensive video-mapping of these areas via helicopter.

The Border Rivers – Gwydir Catchment Management Authority (CMA) will be hosting two field days in Bingara on Tuesday 9th June and Bundarra on Wednesday 10th June, to enable landholders to learn more about soils and groundcover.

The Border Rivers – Gwydir Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is encouraging local landholders to participate in the national RabbitScan project.

The Border Rivers – Gwydir Catchment Management Authority (CMA) is assisting a number of landholders in the Warialda and Bingara districts to adopt sustainable farming practices, with a particular focus on conservation farming and incorporating biodiversity into production systems.

The winning entries of a competition to design an environmental street flag for Inverell have been announced by the Border Rivers – Gwydir Catchment Management Authority (CMA).

An Education Kit to teach primary school students about composting, recycling and sustainable living has today been launched by the Border Rivers – Gwydir Catchment Management Authority (CMA).

Landholders in the Glen Innes region will have the opportunity to find out some of the myths and facts of soil carbon in a workshop hosted by the Border Rivers-Gwydir Catchment Management Authority (CMA) on Friday 8th May.

More than $1.1 million will be invested in 17 projects in the Myall Creek catchment.

The Practical Guide to Soil Erosion has been hailed a great success.

The results of a Landholder Survey conducted for the Border Rivers - Gwydir Catchment Management Authority have been released.

A series of Soil Carbon workshops will be held throughout the region to highlight the myths and facts of soil carbon, carbon trading and sequestration.

Students from Yetman, Croppa Creek, North Star and Toomelah participate in an Environmental Education Day.

Students in the Inverell Shire are invited to participate in an exciting new competition to design an environmental street flag for Inverell.

Professional development in environmental education is on the agenda for local teachers.

More than 50 people gathered in the Balgree Stud selling complex at “Nooroo” Bingara to discuss silage opportunities in the region and minimum tillage technology, on Thursday 28 January 2009.

Installing a fish passage at Moree will open a 300 kilometre “freeway” for native fish between Copeton Dam and Collarenebri, thanks to funding provided by the Border Rivers-Gwydir Catchment Management Authority.

Local kids have had their stories printed again in the latest Write-a-Reader competition held by the Border Rivers-Gwydir Catchment Management Authority

BR-G CMA Board chairman, Dr Bob Crouch, said he was impressed with the quality of entries received in the BR-G CMA’s “Biodiversity on the Plains” competition which he opened at the Moree Plains Art Gallery on May 8.

Discovering the complexity of soils and reading the landscape are some of the topics to be covered as part of a Border Rivers-Gwydir Catchment Management Authority farm management course to be held in Glen Innes on May 22.

Border Rivers-Gwydir Catchment Management Authority is providing sponsorship to the Bingara Show for the first time.

An innovative project being launched this week aims at helping to avoid, mitigate or resolve environmental disputes.

The Targeted Biodiversity Revegetation project is aimed at connecting, enhancing and extending native vegetation for biodiversity outcomes. Incentives close 31 May.

New England North West -2nd-3rd April 2008, Bingara NSW

Border Rivers-Gwydir Catchment Management Authority offers Property Management Plan (PMP) Implementation Funding Opportunities

High School science goes bush in two major events

Inverell Climate Change Forum & Expo
Inverell Town Hall, 28th March 2008

Border Rivers-Gwydir Catchment Management Authority is proud to sponsor Confarm 08, a conference hosted by Conservation Farmers Incorporated in Moree in March.

INVERELL is about to be invaded by 200 excited, energetic school-aged environmental enthusiasts, and the community should get prepared.

Christmas is coming and the 2007 Write-a-Reader competition is almost over - what better way to celebrate than by purchasing one of last year's readers as a gift for your child.

The second round of funding for the Water Use Efficiency Incentives has opened with opportunities for irrigators to apply for funding.

The "Soil Health Forum” is an innovative community event to be run by Balala-Brushgrove Landcare Group. The two day event, supported under BRG CMA Education funding incentives, will be held in early November 2007.

A CMA sponsored booklet "Native Wildflowers of the New England Tablelands of New South Wales"  will be launched at a field day held on Sunday 14^th October. 

The Border Rivers-Gwydir CMA celebrates National Threatened Species Day with the launch of five new Threatened Species factsheets.

General Manager of the Border Rivers-Gwydir Catchment Management Authority, Lisa Roberts, talks at the LGSA Water Management Conference to be held in Inverell 16-17 August.

Pens poised for 2007 Write-a-Reader competition

The BRG CMA website is currently under development