About 80 percent of Northern and Yorke's land is farmed. Cropping and grazing produces a quarter of the State's agricultural earnings.
The region embraces all of the major Clare Valley wine growing area, and some of the Barossa Valley.
Mining and mineral processing, fishing, aquaculture, forestry, horticulture and tourism are significant contributors to life in Northern and Yorke.
All these are either natural resources, or are supported by natural resources.
Our gulfs' seagrass meadows are nurseries for our fish. Our rivers and their tributaries are home to aquatic life. Our samphire and intertidal zones attract shorebirds from the other side of the world.
A beautiful coastline is the backdrop for our growing tourism industry, while remnant grasslands and wetlands are vital to the survival of native species such as lizards and butterflies.
Because Northern and Yorke is so large and its features so varied, our range of natural resource management challenges is equally comprehensive.
Soil health, erosion and salinity, water quality and quantity, loss of marine and land biodiversity, crop and grazing practices are all under the microscope.The coastline, rivers, native animals and plants of Northern and Yorke are too good to lose.