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    Establishing new parks and protected areas

    Each year we acquire new land for our parks system to protect biodiversity and cultural heritage and to provide areas for recreation.
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    Each year we acquire new land for our parks system to protect biodiversity and cultural heritage and to provide areas for recreation.
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    • Establishing new parks and protected areas
      • NSW National Parks Establishment Plan
      • Acquiring land for new parks
        • Assessing community benefit
      • Deciding on land for new parks
      • Community involvement
      • Offer or propose land for new parks
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        • Mallee Cliffs National Park feral predator-free area partnership project
        • Pilliga feral predator-free area partnership project
        • Sturt National Park feral predator-free area partnership project
        • Yiraaldiya National Park feral predator-free area
        • Yathong Nature Reserve feral predator–free area
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        • Waterfront revitalisation
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        • Help shape the future of your park
        • Draft pesticide use notification plan
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      • Evaluating park management
      • Community and stakeholder engagement
        • Aboriginal joint management model consultation
        • Arakoon National Park and Hat Head National Park Plan of Management
        • Barunguba Montague Island Nature Reserve Draft Plan of Management
        • Ben Boyd National Park renaming
        • Bouddi Coastal Walk upgrade
        • Blue Mountains National Park
        • Brindingabba National Park
        • Comeroo Station acquisition
        • Crackneck Lookout access upgrade
        • Flood recovery on the North Coast
        • Glenrock State Conservation Area
        • Goolawah National Park, Goolawah Regional Park and Limeburners Creek National Park Draft Plan of Management: Public consultation
        • Illawarra Escarpment Mountain Bike Project
        • Kamay 2020
        • Killalea Regional Park
        • Kosciuszko National Park
        • Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
        • Malabar Headland walking track
        • Murray Valley National Park
        • Myall Lakes National Park: Relocating Mungo Brush Road
        • National Parks and Wildlife Regulation 2019 consultation
        • New walks and visitor experiences
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        • Somersby Falls picnic area access upgrade
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    • Our strategy

      The NSW National Parks Establishment Plan sets out the conservation priorities and targets we aspire to in building the national parks system.

    • Acquiring land for new parks

      NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service acquires land to establish new parks and add to existing parks and protected areas.

    • Deciding on land for new parks

      Land acquired for the national parks system meets conservation priorities.

    • Community involvement in establishing new parks

      We welcome community involvement in establishing new parks. Find out how you can get involved.

    • Offer or propose land for the national parks system

      Tell us about land that you think we could acquire to expand the size and conservation value of the national parks system.

    • New parks, additions, acquisitions and revocations

      We acquire land for national parks to reflect and protect the wide variety of landscapes and environments in New South Wales.

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