This project was instigated to assess whether the National Riparian Lands R&D Program 'Demonstration and Evaluation' Projects (NRLPD&EP) of Land & Water Australia (LWA) have built 'capacity' for long-term change in approaches to river and riparian management within the communities that have undertaken them. 'Capacity' was defined, for the purposes of framing this study, as an individual or group's ability to learn, understand and act so that they can continue to build on the work that he original project funding was designed to achieve.