| The Riverina Highlands Landcare Network (RHLN) is a grass roots umbrella organisation representing landcare, landholders and the general community in the Tumut, Adelong, Gundagai and Batlow region. |
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http://www.riverinahighlandslandcare.com.au/ [4]
The Riverina Highlands area is geographically diverse ranging from sub alpine areas north of Kosciusko National Park [5] through to grazing and grain belts on the south west slopes. 
The main natural resource issues affecting the region include:
- Declining water quality due to willow encroachment, stock access and stream bank erosion
- Declining soil fertility associated with problems such as acid soils, gully erosion & dryland salinity
- Weed invasion especially from Blackberries, St Johns Wort and Paterson's Curse
- Native vegetation decline
- Drought and climate change
The RHLN is supporting landholders and Landcare members to address these problems through:
- organising collaborative projects
- seeking resources, such as funding, to undertake on ground works
- improving landholders' skills and knowledge through a regular newsletter, field days, information nights and training days
- hosting an annual dinner
- managing a community Nursery
The RHLN has 3 key objectives:
- to protect and enhance the Riverina Highlands landscape
- to support Landcare Members
- to encourage involvement in Landcare by the Riverina Highlands community.
The RHLN is supported by an Executive Committee. For further information contact:
- Chair, Riverina Highlands Landcare Network - Nick Austin, Email: nick.austin@bigpond.com [6]
- Land Services Officer (Riverina LLS) - Cherie White, 6941 2253, cherie.white@lls.nsw.gov.au [7]