The Board & Staff - Board Members
Mr Mark King
Mark is from Pomona and operates a horticulture and wine business. He is a Wentworth Shire Council Councillor and an active community member involved in promoting local and regional initiatives.
Mark was the Chair of the former Lower Murray Darling Catchment Management Board.
Committees:
NSW Murray Wetlands Working Group
Wentworth Shire Council (Councillor)
Murray Darling Basin Commission - Community Advisory Committee (Member)
Patty Byrnes
Patty is a member of a family business and lives on Wamberra Station. She was a member of the former Lower Murray Darling Catchment Management Board.
Patty is very active in Natural Resource Management and enjoys showing and promoting 10,989ha of private conservation reserves on Wamberra Station. The conservation reserves were established under the Southern Mallee Guidelines.
Committees:
South West Land Management Group (Committee Member)
Southern Mallee Regional Planning Committee (LMD CMA representative)
Pooncarie Field Day Inc. (Publicity & Sponsorship)
Stan Dineen
Stan was a member of the former Lower Murray Darling Catchment Management Board and its predecessor, the Lower Murray Darling Catchment Management Committee (from 1993).
Stan has lived in Broken Hill since 1953, giving him great insight to the water supply and quality issues facing an inland city.
Committees:
Australian Institute of Company Director (Member)
Australian Inland (Director)
Gary Doyle
Gary is part of a family business that runs "Petro" and "Montarna" properties with a combined area of 39,000 ha (of which about 9500 ha is cropped mostly on a 2 year rotation).
He also manages a 16,000ha private conservation reserve that was established under the Southern Mallee Guidelines.
Gary was the inaugural President of Mallee Sustainable Farming, serving for 6 years and is a member of the Southern Mallee Regional Planning Committee.
He spent many years shearing and running shearing teams as Regional Manager for Grazcos shearing company in the Western Division.
Committees:
South West Land Management Group (Member)
Southern Mallee Regional Planning Committee (Member)
Rangelands Management Action Plan Inc. (LMD CMA representative)
Howard Jones
Howard's main occupation is as a viticulturist and he has an extensive understanding and knowledge of the irrigation industry.
After spending much of his leisure time either on or near the water, Howard has witnessed the degradation of many wetland and floodplain systems. The decline of these ecosystems prompted Howard to become a pro-active community member and take an interest in the future management of wetlands and floodplains.
Committees:
NSW Murray Wetlands Working Group (Chair)
Western Murray Irrigation Ltd (Member)
Trish Palmer
Trish is a member of a fmaily-runorganic Dorper sheep and Shorthorn cattle business at "Overnewton Station" since 2978. She has also worked in the education of young children. Trish's sense of community can be seen in her community service in the Darnick area as well as providing fundraising and social events for drought relief, education and medical organisations.
Committees:
Barrie MacMillan
Barrie is a retired Accountant and Divisional Manager with the Mildura Co-operative Fruit Company with over 30 years of service who has also been involved with a number of Natural Resource Management organisations including Living Murray Community Reference Group (MDBC) and two water authorities as a Board member.