n September 2006 the Namoi Catchment Management Authority (Namoi CMA) and

the Cotton Catchment Communities Cooperative Research Centre (Cotton CRC)

signed an umbrella agreement which would see them operate a partnership project

within the Namoi Catchment. Cotton Australia and the Cotton Cooperative Research

and Development (CRDC) were also brought in as partners of the project titled,

Schedule 1.2 'Supporting the adoption of Best Management Practice (BMP) in the

Cotton Industry in the Namoi Catchment'.The purpose of the prQject was to support the delivery and implementation of the

Australian Cotton Industry BMP program, in particular the Land and Water

Management Module in the Namoi Catchment and to foster better natural resource

management outcomes for the Namoi Catchment through the integration of the

principles of the Cotton BMP program and Namoi CMA catchment and management

targets defined in the Catchment Action Plan.The prQject employed a Cotton BMP Officer through the Cotton CRC and prqject

activities undertaken by the Officer during this prQject included property planning,

extension of on-farm best practice, workshops aimed at up skilling land managers and

increased communication between natural resource management bodies and industries

within the Namoi Catchment.