The Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Action Plan (CAP) is a guide to protecting and improving our region’s natural resources over the next 10 years.

The CAP has been developed in consultation with local communities and is based on the collective expertise and efforts of hundreds of individual landholders, community members, and representatives of business, industry, and all levels of government.

The CAP will guide investment towards priority natural resource issues within the CMA region, ensuring the best outcomes for the environment and the community. It will also support efforts made by the CMA to secure funding from the Australian Government and other sources over the next 10 years.

The CAP for the Hunter-Central Rivers CMA region applies to the area from Taree in the north to Gosford and the coastal waterways of the Central Coast in the south, and from the Merriwa Plateau and Great Dividing Range in the west to Newcastle in the east. It will build on the work of the Catchment Blueprints for the Central Coast, Hunter and Lower North Coast, which were endorsed by the NSW Government in February 2003 and have guided natural resource management in these areas since that time.

Because the CAP is a lengthy document, an 8-page summary document is also available. Alternatively to request a copy of the full CAP on CD ROM, contact the CMA by phone: (02) 4930 1030 or email: hcr@cma.nsw.gov.au.