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Local Land Services staff live and work in your region to deliver customer-focused services to farmers, landholders and the community.

Read the latest news and media releases from your region.

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Financial assistance for farmers

The NSW Rural Assistance Authority (RAA) provides tailored access to financial assistance to help deal with challenges and change.

Explore loans, grants, rebates, subsidies and support for primary producers.

A healthy coast and sea

The coast is important to our way of life, our culture and our identity. Learn more about how government, industry and the community working together to care for the NSW coast.

Young Farmer Business Program

The tools, network and support to grow your farming business.

Farms of the Future

Helping farmers embrace technology for increased productivity, market competitiveness, and better resource management.

Learn more about enhancing digital skills in farming and using IoT devices to boost productivity and sustainability.

Specialist help for soil and land management

From erosion control to dam construction, gully management and property planning, the Soil Conservation Service offers landowners practical help and solutions for soil and land management.

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Climate, weather and safety

Check current weather warnings, find information about climate change and advice on how to stay safe during times of fire, flood or storms.

Land and soil

Information about regional land services, soils, land management, Crown land and geodiversity in NSW.

Weeds and pest animals

Pests, diseases, weeds and contaminants are major threats to our natural environment and farming industries. Everyone has a role to play in protecting NSW from these biosecurity risks.

Latest environment, land and water updates

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Chakola: long-term private land conservation protecting Kangaroo Valley biodiversity

For more than 60 years, Chakola has been a place of stewardship, learning and caring for Country and in more recent times become known as one of the Kangaroo Valley’s southernmost population of brush-tailed rock wallabies

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CAWSYD26 forum values economic opportunities of our natural world

More than 90 leaders from investment, business, philanthropy and conservation attended the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust’s Climate Action Week panel, Valuing Nature: Economic Opportunities in our Natural World, hosted with Nature Positive Matters .

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Strong field of eligible conservation sites assessed for fixed price offer

A strong landholder response to our latest Fixed Price Offer (FPO) is driving new conservation opportunities across NSW, with assessment of the biodiversity on participating eligible properties progressing from this week.

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Co-investment lends confidence to Indigenous-led conservation effort

Gayini shows what’s possible when Country is cared for by the people who know it best, proving when culture leads, conservation thrives.

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UNSW studies grazing impact on Gayini’s threatened landscapes

The NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust is funding UNSW researchers from the Centre for Ecosystem Science to examine how Gayini’s ecosystems, particularly the floodplains and wetlands, respond to managed water flows and different grazing regimes. Their study will assess changes in water, soil and vegetation.