Lower Saxon State Department for Waterway, Coastal and Nature Conservation

Lower Saxon State Department for Waterway, Coastal and Nature Conservation
NLWKN
Agency overview
Formed1 January 2005 (2005-01-01)
JurisdictionGovernment of Lower Saxony
HeadquartersNorden, Germany
Employees1500 (2025)
Minister responsible
  • State Environmental Minister
Agency executive
  • Anne Rickmeyer, Director
Websitewww.nlwkn.de

The Lower Saxon Department for Water, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN) (German: Niedersächsischer Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft, Küsten- und Naturschutz) is a department of the state of Lower Saxony, with its headquarters in Norden (Ostfriesland) and is responsible to the Minister for the Environment and Climate Protection of Lower Saxony.

Main tasks are water management, nature conservation and coastal protection on the state level.

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