Coffs Harbour Regional Landcare - Coffs Harbour

Coffs Harbour Regional Landcare is an incorporated not for profit community organisation acting as the umbrella group for volunteers working at approximately 35 sites in the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area.

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 to restore 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 North Coast Local Land Services, Enviro fund, and the Coffs Harbour City Council’s environmental levy.

CHRL has partnered with a number of groups and organisation’s (including Coffs Harbour City Council) to form the Jaliigirr Biodiversity Alliance. As a successful bidder to the Australian Government ‘Clean Energy Future’ Biofund, through a collaboration led by the North Coast Local Land Services the Alliance will receive $3 million in the next 6 years for its first successful project “The Jaliigirr Project – Connecting Communities & Cultures through Corridors”.

In addition to these large projects, regular workshops are held to assist land carer’s with their individual projects. CHRL also assists groups by organising tools for their members, promoting their events, encouraging new members, and giving information about managing natural resource issues in their area.