The Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority (CMA) delivers funding from the NSW and Australian Governments to help land managers improve and restore the natural resources of the catchment.
The Murrumbidgee CMA is a community-managed statutory organisation established by the NSW Government in 2004. It is overseen by a community-based Board and is an organisation run by local people for local people. We have become trusted partners in rural communities because we have the local knowledge, expertise and networks to support communities to address significant threats to our environment.
The Murrumbidgee Catchment Action Plan has been developed in consultation with Local Government and the catchment community to set.
Our programs are founded on best practice natural resource management principles and managed within a rigorous monitoring, evaluation and reporting framework to provide top value for money and gather qualitative information on the outputs.
Our programs effectiveness is in:
- Tailoring environmental projects to individual properties
- Putting clients in touch with best practice information
- Using science and mapping to target landscape needs
- Forming partnerships to achieve large-scale change
- Using local knowledge to better manage environmental issues - as demonstrated by our results.
Vision
"A healthy productive Murrumbidgee catchment and its communities working together" Yindyamarra
Yindyamarra from the Wiradjuri language, "To be gentle, be polite, honour and respect and do carefully."
Mission
By working together with the community to better manage our natural resources and improve the social, environmental and economic outcomes for our catchment we will:
- provide strategic direction for the management of natural resources through the Murrumbidgee Catchment Action Plan;
- through co-investment, facilitate the inter-dependent outcomes of profitable farmers, sustainable systems and healthy landscapes;
- utilise the best available science to underpin decision making;
- foster partnerships with industry, government agencies, Traditional Owners and other Aboriginal people, local government, rural and urban communities, Landcare and other stakeholders.