A group of nine community and five government members have been appointed to the Board to provide strategic direction for all its activities.
The Board members have been selected for their NRM skills and experience, and their understanding of the complexities of natural resources management in the Northern and Yorke region.
The Board’s Community Members live and work in the Northern and Yorke region and are passionate about working to protect the region’s natural assets
Our community people
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Mervyn Lewis
Presiding member. Farmer, Wandearah
"As a fourth-generation farmer I understand why we have the responsibility to ensure our natural resources are nurtured for future generations."
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Helen Thomas
Farmer, Manoora
"I want to leave this patch that I can have an influence on in better condition than it was when I came to it."
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Kerry Ward
Vigneron, Clare
"For realistic sustainable outcomes, our natural resources need to be managed with the best possible science."
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Rick Wilkinson
Rural representative SA Coast Protection Board, Point Turton
"Future generations must be able to enjoy the same things that we have all taken for granted for the past 50 years."
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Neville Wilson
Farmer/deputy mayor, Merriton
"This is an important continuation of my involvement in community affairs and my concern for animal, plant and soil-related issues."
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Jacqueline O’Reilly
Horticulture, Small Business and Community Engagement
"A lifelong intuitive understanding of the connected relationship of soil, plant, animal and human wellbeing has paved my interests in sustainable food cropping, public health, land management and social ecology. "
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Alfred Agius
Executive Officer, Native Title Unit
"I am here to assist with natural resources management and Aboriginal engagement in land management. "
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Jayne Bishop
"I support responsible planning and decision-making which is based on science and research, together with regional information sharing."
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Kathleen Bowman.
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Our government people
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John Cornish
Agriculture and wine principal policy officer, Primary Industries and Resources.
"We are keen to ensure that natural resources management and production systems are integrated in an increasingly variable environment."
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Tim Collins
Regional conservator, Environment and Heritage.
"Technical advice and input on biodiversity strategy will play a big part if we are to achieve across a variety of landscapes."
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Anita Crisp
Central Local Government Region.
"To be really successful, the NRM board needs to engage with local councils as focus points for information and leadership."
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Bob McLennan
Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation. |
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