National Parks and Wildlife Service
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The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is part of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water - the main government conservation agency in New South Wales, Australia.
The NSW NPWS was established in 1967 when the Fauna Protection Panel and Reserves Branch of the Lands Department were amalgamated under Lands Minister Hon. Tom Lewis AO. Lewis also establish the charity, National Parks Foundation to assist the NPWS raise funds for conservation - http://www.fnpw.org.au/AboutUs/auABOUTUS.htm)
The first Director of the NPWS was Sam Weems of the US National Park Service.
Duties performed by the NSW NPWS include, but are not limited to:
Wildlife Conservation
Upkeep of Fire Trails
Statistical Analysis of Species in Protected Areas
Assistance to the New South Wales Rural Fire Service
Mapping of protected zones
Combat of Salinity and Soil Erosion
The current Minister in charge of the NPWS porfolio is:
Frank Sartor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sartor)
The current Director-General is:
Ms Lisa Corbyn (http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/whoweare/decar06overview.htm)
