YAN is a collective organisation made up of the landcare groups in the Yass region of NSW. Its purpose is to facilitate the development of landcare in the region and to represent regional landcare with Government bodies such as the Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority, the NSW Landcare Committee, Non Government Organisations such as Greening Australia and Landcare Australia and the regional community.
In addition to supporting member landcare groups YAN, from time to time, initiates its own projects where these have interest and relevance right across the region. A current project is to initiate a seminar on climate change, its importance for the region and policy options that should be considered by land managers. This seminar will take place in April 2008. Details are on the climate change page.
Within the Yass area there are ten active landcare groups, and details of these groups are provided in subsequent pages. They differ substantially in size but all maintain an active program and welcome new members.
The ten Landcare Groups that own and are represented by YAN are:
1.Bungendore
2.Bookham
3.Collector
4.Geary’s Gap / Wamboin
5.Gundaroo
6.Jerrawa Creek
7.Murrumbateman
8.Sutton
9.Taylor’s Creek
10.Yass
The focus of landcare in the region comprises a healthy mix of identifying and promoting priorities for:
sustainable and productive farming
improved management of the urban and rural interface
protection of the regional environment for the long term benefit of the immediate region and the wider areas impacted by it.
