Natural Resource Management Expansion Program (2025 – 2028)
The NRM Expansion Program is the largest 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
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...
Queensland koala projects supported by new habitat monitoring tool
Projects improving thousands of hectares of key koala habitat will be supported by a new monitoring tool, KoalaCAT, launched on Wild Koala Day (3 May 2026). Koalas remain a priority threatened species for conservation action at federal, state and local levels. Four...
Peak bodies work together to improve Queensland’s natural resources
Queensland’s peak bodies for local government and natural resource management have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen the state’s natural environment. The agreement between the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) and NRM Regions...
How Queensland NRM projects measure success
Over the past three years, Queensland Government’s Natural Resources Recovery Program (NRRP) has funded projects that strengthen landscape resilience, encourage sustainable practices and improve how we monitor the state of our natural resources. NRRP funding goes to...
Telling the story of impact: The SWIF Dashboard
Queensland’s State-wide Indicators Framework (SWIF) is a multi-part system for data collection, analysis, collation and visualisation which brings together consistent, evidence-based data on natural resource management program achievements from across the state. Every...
NRM Expansion Program protecting Queensland’s wetlands
Queensland’s freshwater and estuarine wetlands provide vital habitats for a wide range of native and migratory species. They also play an essential role in maintaining water quality by filtering sediments, transforming nutrients and reducing pollutants, while acting...
Ten new projects launched under Queensland’s NRM Expansion Program
The Queensland Government has announced more than $51.1 million in funding for ten new projects under the landmark $117.84 million Natural Resource Management Expansion Program (NRMEP), delivered in partnership with NRM Regions Queensland. From reducing feral pig...