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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.
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Environment, land and water information
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
Ministerial media release
National parks across the North Coast continue to attract millions of visitors each year, supporting tourism and regional communities. In 2024/25, there were 6.81 million visits to North Coast parks, up from 6.19 million in 2022.
Ministerial media release
National parks along the South Coast have reached record visitation, with 7.5 million visits as more people choose coastal nature experiences. Over the last decade, visitation to South Coast national parks has grown 81 per cent.
Ministerial media release
National Parks across NSW have recorded their highest ever visitation, with 65.5 million visits last financial year, driving economic growth and getting more people into the great outdoors.
Ministerial media release
A new two-week course is underway in the Shoalhaven region supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to build essential skills and open up career opportunities in the water operations sector.
Media release
Leaders from across the conservation, agribusiness and corporate sectors came together last month to explore a new co-investment model designed to support large-scale conservation partnerships across the state.
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Recent environment, land and water publications
Strategy
The NSW Forest Monitoring Steering Committee’s citizen science strategy engages communities to support forest care, using local knowledge to improve sustainable forest management.
Research note
Research notes give a quick snapshot of research insights delivered under the forest program.
Report
An overview of the work and achievements of Local Land Services in the Greater Sydney region of NSW throughout 2025.
Case study, Update
Summarises the impact we have had in the last half of 2025.
Review
Access the Natural Resources Commission's final report, government response, submissions and supporting research from the NSW invasive species management review.