Chair foreword
On behalf of the Hunter Local Land Services (LLS) local board and staff, I am pleased to present our 2025 Local Annual Achievement Report.
Hunter region of LLS remains the boots on the ground, available for advice and support as we enable communities to respect, protect and sustain healthy, productive and profitable landscapes.
This year included an audit by the Natural Resources Commission on implementation of our local strategic plan. The board was particularly proud the region was assessed as having highly effective adaptive management in place. This has allowed us to continue to adapt and respond to the needs of our customers, which was important as we supported our industries and customers respond to and recover from the major flood events of May/June.
Through major initiatives, including the NSW Feral Pig and Pest Program, our Biosecurity officers have continued to help build the capacity of landholders to undertake effective control of pests such as feral pigs, foxes and wild dogs to boost agricultural production and improve biodiversity.
Our natural resource management teams worked in close collaboration with community and First Nations groups to deliver substantial investment from the Natural Heritage Trust in protecting priority natural assets.
The detection of Pasture Dieback in the region and response by our Sustainable Agriculture team reinforces the importance for all landholders to have effective biosecurity arrangements in place for their property.
Our Hunter Catchment Contribution program continues to rehabilitate priority reaches of the Hunter catchment waterways and increase the resilience of our creeks and rivers to future shocks from floods and fires and drought.
As we commenced the second decade operation of LLS our local board and team continued to deliver high quality services as we work with our landholders to address the challenges and opportunities of primary production and land management in the region.
Allison Mudford
Chair, Hunter local board
