The Australia Government is running a community information session in Albury in August on the new National Landcare Programme.  The session will be at the Commercial Club, 618 Dean Street Albury

The focus of the community information sessions is to provide the natural resource management community, including Landcare, with an update on the design and delivery of the National Landcare Programme and its different elements. 

If you would like to attend one of these sessions please email your RSVP to nationallandcare@environment.gov.au by no later than 31 July 2014, indicating which session you would like to attend.

The National Landcare Programme will have a national stream and a regional stream.

• The national stream will deliver key election commitments including: the 20 Million Trees Programme; Coastal River Recovery Initiatives; the Cumberland Conservation Corridor; Whale and Dolphin Protection Plan; the Kimberley Cane Toads Clean Up; Biosecurity Incursion Management; the Dandenong Ranges Programme; and a small grants round.

• The regional stream will be delivered through 56 regional NRM organisations across the country and will have a strong focus on community engagement, including landcare, in setting priorities and delivering projects.

The focus of the community information sessions is to provide the natural resource management community, including Landcare, with an update on the design and delivery of the National Landcare Programme and its different elements.

An online consultation survey will also open on 4 August 2014 which will seek input on specific aspects of the design of the regional stream of the Programme. This is the primary platform for the natural resource management community to share their views through response to the survey questions. The survey will be open from 4 August until 29 August 2014 and you will be able to access it during this time via www.nrm.gov.au.