Traditional ecological knowledge

For the first time, the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has completed a five-day Aboriginal cultural heritage survey of the 3,200-hectare Bama Forest on the Murray River near Moama, part of Murray Valley Regional Park.

To better manage land for koalas, the NSW Koala Strategy funded the Gumbaynggirr Good Koala Country Plan in partnership with the Gumbaynggirr people of the Mid North Coast.

The Minns Labor Government has marked the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Ride with the announcement of funding to complete a community pavilion in Walgett and a new program to commemorate significant steps along the Freedom Ride route.