Welcome to the Hunter Region Landcare Network page. We support and represent all Landcare groups in the Hunter region on public and private land.
The Hunter Region Landcare Network (HRLN) supports the Landcare community in working to improve the natural environment of the Hunter Region. The network is a collective voice that represents the Landcare community at a local, state and national level. The HRLN encourages and facilitates effective coordination of resources, information and ideas across the Hunter Region to support and celebrate practical Landcare solutions to local natural resource management problems.
The aims of the network are to facilitate field days and workshops, share knowledge and resources, promote funding opportunities, showcase local projects, and celebrate landcare community achievements.
As a network we work collaboratively with Hunter Local Land Services (NSW Government), and Landcare NSW.
The region is unique in the diversity of its vegetation and landscapes, which include the alpine rainforests of the World Heritage Barrington Tops, the dissected sandstone of the Great Dividing Range, the open grasslands and woodlands of the Upper Hunter, and the rich alluvial floodplains, estuarine wetlands, the coastal environment and mangrove forests of the Lower Hunter.
Contact your Local Landcare Coordinator for more information about your area:
Stacy Mail, Lower Hunter Local Landcare Coordinator (Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Port Stephens, Maitland, Dungog) M: 0429 444 305
Meg Drinan, Mid Hunter Local Landcare Coordinator (Cessnock, Singleton, Muswellbrook) M: 0419 171 246
Paul Melehan, Upper Hunter Local Landcare Coordinator (Upper Hunter and Landcare Nurseries) M: 0408 499 838
Helen Rubeli, Landcare Support Officer, M: 0408 379 027
Josie O Brien, Regional Coordinator, M: 0418 399 281