News from Local Land Services

With the countdown on to Christmas, Local Land Services is reminding landholders that a bit of pre-Christmas planning could take a number of stresses away this festive season.

Eastern Freshwater Cod, one of Australia’s most iconic and endangered native fish, may have a brighter future thanks to innovative nest box designs developed through a partnership between NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) and North Coast Local Land Services (LLS).

Local Land Services is running a 12-month incentive for customers to update their contact details.

This project is funded by the Australian Government under Saving Native Species and delivered by Greater Sydney Local Land Services, a member of the Commonwealth Regional Delivery Partners panel.

The NSW Government’s Local Land Services recently teamed up with BirdLife Australia and the Hunter Bird Observers Club to deliver a series of shorebird workshops aimed at inspiring greater understanding and protection of these remarkable migratory species.

Local Land Services is inviting community members and landholders to attend a feral deer information session to learn more about the growing impact of feral deer in the Coffs Harbour, Orara Valley, Sandy Beach and Woolgoolga areas.

Farmers in the NSW Government’s North Coast Local Land Services (LLS) region are participating in a three-year project that is set to build their farm productivity and resilience while protecting the region’s natural and cultural assets. 

Local Land Services is urging farmers and animal owners to include livestock and pets in their bushfire planning.

Western Local Land Services is urging landholders in the state’s Far West to consider feral pig strength meat baits in a bid to mitigate the impacts of the destructive pest animal. 

Koalas have been sighted for the first time, in a previously undocumented area of the Southern Tablelands, during aerial surveys conducted by the NSW Government’s Local Land Services.