Healthy Country 10

This is the 10th edition of Cape York Natural Resource Management's healthy country newsletter. This issue looks at using technology to assist pastoralists in cattle management, stopping the spread the invasive weed sicklepod which threatenes local ecosystems, and the risk posed to the Quinkan rock art site in 2012 after partial destruction of rock art paintings was discovered by Laura rangers, along with several smaller articles.

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Healthy Country 9

Issue 9 of the Healthy Country Newsletter contains articles covering turtle and dugong conservation and rehabilitation actions on the Cape, the launch of a junior wild river rangers program, the fire workshop and adition of a new board member, and the overall achievements of the Wild River's Rangers program in the 2011 period.

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Healthy Country 8

In this issue of Cape York Healthy Country Newsletter northern quolls are discussed as an indicator of healthy country, opions flair regarding an irrigation project designed to catch and utilise monsoonal rain in the Gulf of Carpentaria, the carbon farming initiative is discussed and explained, and an article covers how the lives of the Kuku Nyungkal people were reshaped through a combination of engineers without borders initiatives and corporate partnerships.

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Healthy Country 7: Marine

This issue of the Healthy Country Newsletter talks predominately about turtle conservation and water quality improvement.

Issue 7 looks at a number of factors affecting the decline of turtle populations and impacting the quality of the coastal environment along the coast along with work being performed to try and improve water quality and halt the decline of turtle populations on the cape at the time.

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Healthy Country 27: Our Aquatic Ecosystems

Issue 27 of Healthy Country Newsletter explores some of the big issues impacting our water resources on the Cape, like gully erosion, salt water incursion and changing seasonal impacts. It also looks at some of the work underway from land managers to look after the land and care for our water.

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Healthy Country 28: The practice of caring for Country

Issue 28 of Healthy Country Newsletter focuses on the lessons learnt and the knowledge shared by Cape York's Land and Sea Managers.

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Healthy Country 29: What a year we've had!

It's been another incredibly busy year for Cape York NRM and our partners. We hope you enjoy this newsletter which conveys some of our joint efforts.

Cape York NRM exists because of you, our partners, whether you are an on-ground land and/or sea manager, a government Minister or liaison officer, or a Cape York resident interested in caring for the environment. We thank you for your continued support. We wish you a wonderful and safe festive season, and look forward to working with you into 2017.

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Healthy Country 12: Fire and Rain

This issue of the Heathy Country Newsletter looks at both fire and rain with articles about fire management and burning practices as well as on weather mapping, the altering weather's effect in native animals and marine turtle conservation.

Issue 12 also looks at fire management to control weeds, how rain and weather conditions were affecting native animals and erosion on beaches, and how pest management performed by the Apudthama Land and Sea Rangers has increased flatback turtle hatching survival due to decreased predation.

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Healthy Country 20: 2014 Indigenous Fire Workshop

The 20th edition of the Healthy Country Newsletter is a special edition looking at the people of the 2014 Indigenous Fire Workshop, including information taken from interviews with the people themselves over the fire workshop

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