NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service

National Parks and Wildlife Service
Agency overview
Formed1967 (1967)
JurisdictionNew South Wales
Headquarters12 Darcy Street, Parramatta Square, Sydney NSW, Australia
Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • Anthony Lean, Secretary, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (NSW)
  • Atticus Fleming, Deputy Secretary, National Parks and Wildlife Service
Parent departmentNSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Websitewww.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is a directorate of the New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment and responsible for managing more than 890 national parks and reserves, covering over 7.5 million hectares of land across the state of New South Wales, Australia. Despite its name the NPWS is a state government agency rather than federal government, likewise as other states and territories National Parks agencies around Australia. However the states and territories agencies around Australia do still work closely together.

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