Hunter

Updates

• Preparing for emergencies
  Is your farm flood ready?

  A free Farm Flood Readiness Kit is now available to assist rural landholders prepare their property for floods. Contact your local Hunter Local Land Services office to request your free copy.

• Elections
  Enrol to vote

  Make sure you are enrolled to vote and your details are correct when the next Local Land Services Board election takes place in 2017.

• Stock identification
  NLIS tag changes

  As of 1 September 2016 Hunter Local Land Services will no longer be selling ordinary Leader NLIS tags for cattle and sheep. All Hunter Local Land Services offices that currently sell emergency NLIS tags for urgent situations will continue to do so. NLIS Leader tags are available from local or online rural supply stores.

• Strategic planning
  2016-2021 Local Strategic Plan

  The Local Strategic Plan sets the goals for Hunter Local Land Services over the next five years and outlines the strategies for achieving these goals.

• Travelling Stock Reserves
  Applications sought on Hunter TSRs

  Farmers can apply for Long Term Grazing Permits on a range of Travelling Stock Reserves (TSRs) in the region.
  A small number of TSRs that have been under long term grazing permits are still available in the Hunter and are being offered to interested applicants.

• New Biodiversity Legislation
  A new approach to land management and conservation

  More information on new land management legislation in NSW.

Media releases

• Niall Blair media release: Over $45 million for natural resource management work
  22 December 2016
• Niall Blair media release: Charter letter to Local Land Services
  20 December 2016
• Landholders urged to prepare for bush fires
  14 December 2016

Events

• Restore Regenerate Revegetate

  5 February 2017

• Mooring demonstration

  9 February 2017

• Keeping and caring for bees

  9 February 2017