Natural Resource Management Expansion Program (2025 – 2028)
The NRM Expansion Program is the largest SINGLE investment ever made by the Queensland Government into regional natural resource management.
This $117.84 million program, which runs from 2025 – 2028 supports practical, on-ground work to improve land and soil; water; and biodiversity across Queensland.
The program is delivered by Queensland’s regional NRM organisations who work with their communities to develop place-based, regional NRM plans, and coordinate on-ground actions with a focus on environmental and economic outcomes.
These activities repair landscapes, manage habitats for biodiversity, boost production and sustainability of agricultural land, improve water quality in our creeks, rivers and coastlines, and build long-term capacity for healthy regional economies and environments.
Over four years, the NRM Expansion Program will focus on outcomes for:
Land & Soil
Water
Biodiversity
How is the NRM Expansion Program being delivered?
The NRM Expansion Program is a collaboration between the Queensland Government and NRM Regions Queensland. Local projects are delivered by regional NRM organisations in partnership with a range of stakeholders including local landcare groups, landholders, primary producers, local governments, scientific organisations, industry, Indigenous Land & Sea Rangers and First Nations groups. (link to NRM boundary maps).
The projects being delivered across the state have been informed by regional NRM Plans developed by regional NRM organisations in collaboration with their communities.
On-ground project locations 2026
NRM Expanion Program News
Annual Report 2025–26
At its General Meeting this week, the NRM Regions Queensland Board endorsed the 2025–26 Annual Report. Featuring overviews from Chair Julie Boyd and CEO Chris Norman, the report highlights on-ground achievements from across the state, stronger strategic partnerships...
The right fire, in the right place, at the right time
When we talk about fire in Queensland, it's often about stopping it. But in the right place, at the right time and under the right conditions, fire can also be an important tool for looking after our landscapes. Across Queensland, projects funded through the...
Eyes in the sky, ears on the ground: technology supporting practical NRM across Queensland
Thanks to the Queensland Government’s $117.84 million Natural Resource Management Expansion Program, 35 projects are now being delivered across more than 468 on-ground project sites - from urban waterways in South East Queensland to remote wetlands, grazing properties...
Biodiversity benefits reaching across Queensland
Through the Queensland Government’s $117.84 million Natural Resource Management Expansion Program, more than $20 million is being invested directly in on-ground projects delivering outcomes for threatened species, habitats and ecosystems. But that dollar figure only...
Delivering for Queensland’s Protected Area Estate
Queensland's protected areas are some of the state's greatest environmental assets. But their long-term health depends on far more than what happens within park boundaries. Wildfire, invasive weeds and feral animals, declining habitat connectivity, degraded waterways...
Cattle Creek restoration funding boost to build resilience to weather events
The Queensland Government is helping restore and safeguard the Cattle Creek catchment from future weather events, with a $2 million project boost. Reef Catchments will receive funding to restore streambank at Cattle Creek following erosion from ex-Tropical Cyclone...
Showcasing Landcare’s contribution to the NRM Expansion Program
A recent state-wide webinar hosted by Queensland Water and Land Carers provided an opportunity for NRM Regions Queensland (NRMRQ) to share an update on Queensland’s Natural Resource Management Expansion Program (NRMEP) and highlight the important role Landcare groups...
Boots on the ground as Queensland’s NRM Expansion Program rolls into delivery
From Cape York to the Channel Country and Southeast Queensland to the Wet Tropics, the Natural Resource Management Expansion Program has now moved from planning into action across Queensland. Backed by a $117.84 million investment from the Queensland Government, the...
FireCAT: Measuring the impact of fire management projects
As extreme weather intensifies, destructive wildfires pose an increasing threat to people, property and native flora and fauna. While cool-season burning is increasingly recognised as an important investment in building landscape resilience against high-intensity...
Coral reefs to cattle farms: NRM funding to enhance Far North Queensland’s native vegetation
The Queensland Government is investing almost $4 million to support the management of natural assets in Far North Queensland. Gulf Savannah NRM and NRM Regions Queensland will receive NRM Expansion Program funding to restore native vegetation and improve wetlands and...