The Murray Catchment Authority guides natural resource management in the NSW Murray catchment from Kosciuszko to Kyalite, an area of 35,000 square km.

The new Board members are: Steven Ross originally from Deniliquin and now working in Albury; Andrew Urquhart of Holbrook and Brian Royal of Albury.

Steven Ross is a Wamba Wamba Traditional Owner and is currently the Executive Officer of the Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN). He has an extensive background in environmentalism including a current term as a Councillor and Board member of the Australian Conservation Foundation and the Water Stewardship Initiative. Steven has also been trained in the Al Gore Climate Change Leadership Program and delivered climate change presentations to local rural communities.

Andrew Urquhart, lives on a small property 30km east of Holbrook and has run his own Stock and Station Agency for nearly 30 years. He has a wide range of community and industry contacts. He was a councillor on the former Holbrook Shire Council, is an active member of Rural Fire Service’s Holbrook Brigade and is on the board of the Walwa Bush Nursing Centre. Andrew is a current board member of Australian Pork Farms, one of Australia’s largest piggeries.

Brian Royal is a professional forester whose career spans 35 years, with experience in all native forest types within NSW and the establishment, protection and management of softwood and hardwood plantations. He has held senior forestry management roles in the Murray catchment of NSW at both Deniliquin and Albury, along with bushfire management roles within the Eastern Riverina Bush Fire Region.

Murray CMA chair Mrs. Alex Anthony, welcomed the new members, who bring a fresh perspective.

“Every Murray CMA Board member is given a portfolio within the organisation to champion, and I’m sure they will find the Murray CMA a progressive, active organisation, which is working to meet the challenges of maintaining sustainably productive farms balanced with responsible environmental management, in the face of changing water availability and climate variability”, she added.

Mrs. Anthony also thanked retiring board members - Tim Sheed, Brian Sharp and Jonathan Howard for their contribution to the Murray CMA Board over the past 5 years.