About Coffs Harbour Regional Landcare

Coffs Harbour Regional Landcare Incorporated (CHRL) is a not-for-profit organisation with the aim of:

• Promoting the principals of ecological sustainable development (ESD), and increasing understanding of natural resource degradation issues in the local community,
• Identifying problems relating to the degradation of natural resources in the local area providing a forum for discussion and exchange of ideas,
• Fostering co-operation between local landholders and land managers and others to plan and seek resources for, to take action on and to monitor the results of natural resource degradation,
• Assisting members to gain funding,
• Representing member groups at all levels of government and non-government agencies
• Employing a “co-ordinator” to further the objectives of the organisation.

1991 to 2001 was the Decade of Landcare. At the end of the Decade, there was close analysis of Landcare and its directions. The outstanding outcome was the strength of community involvement and support. Unfortunately there are still problems nationally in land and water salinity and land degradation.

Landholders along the Orara River have been working on restoration the health of the river and were recently awarded the National Award for Rivercare. These and other works have been substantially funded by the Australian Government through the Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority, Envirofund funding, and the Coffs Harbour City Council’s environmental levy.

Coffs Harbour Landcare recently conducted a fox eradication program with 30 landholders in the western region. Landcare has also conducted a public education program on environmental weeds and conducted a program called estuary watch to monitor and improve the health of these important ecosystems.

Regular workshops are held to assist landcarers with their projects and Coffs Landcare assist groups by organising tools for their members, promoting their events, encouraging new members, and giving information about managing natural resource issues in their

Coffs Harbour Regional Landcare looks forward to brokering further partnerships with the community and government to meet the challenges ahead. Landcare is alive and well in Coffs Harbour.

The office of Coffs Harbour Regional Landcare Inc is located in the Monterey Arcade Coffs Harbour. The street address is Shop 5 100 Harbour Drive, (the small arcade near the Commonwealth Bank).

Landcare presentation

Bonville & Riverina Rehabilitation

Coffs Public School planting December 2005