Hunter Region Landcare Network

Bringing together traditional and contemporary ecological knowledge for better understanding country.

The clearing of land for Lake Liddell and the power station left the area barren of native vegetation, until Lake Liddell Land Manager/HRLN addressed the issue.

Expanding our capacity to bring people together to care for our landscapes, and to provide leadership and support to Landcarers to improve our natural environments.

Revegetating the historical Cedar Scrub

Expanding our capacity to bring people together to care for our landscapes, and to provide leadership and support to Landcarers to improve our natural environments.

Regrowth management is an ongoing issue in the region particularly following drought and destocking.

Aboriginal Communities Engagement Program

Landcare Muster

Landcare kicks off in Maitland through collaboration

Singletonians Successfully Snipping Suspicious Shrubbery

Trialling mine site rehabilitation techniques on degraded Spotted Gum Ironbark Forest

Landcare, Worimi LALC and NPWS partner to improve koala habitat

Vineyards launch "Hunter Valley Wine Country Landcare' group for greater biodiversity and sustainability.

What do coaching circles, empathy buddies, and deep dives amount to? A connected and vibrant group of local community leaders.

Using paint splattered hands to encourage dirty hands.

Lochinvar Public School bird habitat haven

It had been many years since the Landcare community in the Hunter region were able to celebrate together, individual and group achievements. The Regional Landcare Awards provided the platform to highlight a number of projects, collaborations, and individual efforts over the past few years.

Newly formed Luskintyre Landcare takes action to green their farms

Community comes together to replant after Sir Ivan Bushfire of 2017

We began 2021, by working collaboratively on a number of cultural projects and programs to help us better understand Aboriginal culture in the Hunter region past and present, and to see how we can incorporate this knowledge into our everyday Landcare operations.

Closure of a local nursery created an opportunity to develop a community nursery

Wildlife monitoring cameras show wildlife using waterholes dug by wombats during severe drought.

This is part of the program: Bringing Back the Regent Honeyeater, a flagship species for our forests, farms, rivers and woodland birds.

A community engagement program - taking a closer look at shorebirds of the Hunter & Manning regions

A celebration of the achievements of 30 years of Landcare in the Hunter.

Working collaboratively with Councils for better NRM outcomes.

Community working together to restore historic reserve on the Hunter River