Bringing life back to urban creeks

by Steve Titman | Feb 18, 2025 | Impact, News, Ready to tackle the crisis

The regional NRM organisation for South East Queensland, Healthy Land & Water is enhancing urban waterways through its Water by Design initiative and Living Waterways framework.  Recognising the essential role urban creeks and rivers play in local communities, the...

Helping farming communities prepare for bushfire

by Steve Titman | Feb 17, 2025 | Impact, News, Ready to tackle the crisis

Funded by the Australian Government’s Black Summer Bushfire Recovery grants program, the three-year Fire Smart Mareeba Shire project identified key areas of bushfire risk to local communities. It also provided training in bushfire preparedness, remote first aid,...

Delivering outcomes for the Great Barrier Reef

by Samantha Morris | Mar 12, 2024 | Impact, News, Nurturing Nature Cultivating Culture

Thanks to the support of the Australian Government’s Reef Trust VII project, Reef Catchments supported 30 graziers to reduce erosion and improve the condition of soil and vegetation connectivity which in turn reduced the loss of fine sediments from grazing land...

NRM sector launches plan for Nurturing Nature: Cultivating Culture

by Samantha Morris | Feb 14, 2024 | Impact, News, Partnerships, Publications

Queensland’s regional NRM organisations have launched a campaign to address some of the biggest threats to the state’s environment and economy. The $196.4 million Nurturing Nature: Cultivating Culture plan will see regional communities engaged in four years of action...

Federal budget: Queensland’s NRM regions ready to deliver

by Samantha Morris | Oct 30, 2022 | Impact, News

The Australian Government will invest billions of dollars in conservation, land management and the Great Barrier Reef following the federal budget announcement, made by Treasurer Jim Chalmers last week. While exact program details are yet to be made public, we know...

Investing in NRM: economic benefits and ROI

by Samantha Morris | Oct 30, 2022 | Impact, News, Nurturing Nature Cultivating Culture

In 2021, for the first time, Queensland’s regional NRM sector quantified the impact that we have on regional economies, jobs, building local skills and capabilities and helping stakeholders better understand how to sustainably manage natural resources. Some of this...