Promoting sustainable land use strategies. Northern Rivers Guardians branch of the Lock the Gate campaign.

Faced with the imminent threat of unconventional gas fracking, all different kinds of communities are declaring their towns ‘Gasfield Free’ or ‘Coal and Gasfield Free’, depending on the licence they are covered by. This involves a process modelled on that used in Northern NSW, where many towns have already protected themselves against exploration and mining.

Leard State Forest and surrounding farmlands, near Narrabri, are threatened by proposals for three new or expanded open-cut coal mines.

We've been campaigning to stop a new coal mine at Bacchus Marsh for years. The minerals exploration licence for coal held by Mantle Mining and Exergen in the Bacchus Marsh area expires this month (2016). We have asked Lily D'Ambrosio to put the Mantle/Exergen licence on hold – not to renew it – pending the outcome of the review. Would you be able to write to her to express your support for our request?

Since the turn of the 21 century Mid Western Region local government area has experienced the fastest growing development of new large coal mines in NSW.