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• NRM Investment Programs

  

  Regional Land Partnerships

  The aim of Regional Land Partnerships is "to protect, conserve, and provide for the productive use of Australia's water, soil, plants and animals and the ecosystems in which they live and interact, in partnership with governments, industry and communities. Regional Land Partnerships is a major component of the second phase of the National Landcare Program. The investment for 2018-2023 will fund biodiversity projects focused on protecting rainforest, woodlands and coastal vine thickets as well as cassowaries and the golden shouldered parrot.

  

  Water Quality Outcomes for Cape York through Communications & Engagement

  1. Media for the Reef A media specialist will be engaged to produce approximately 2 x communications resources per month (11 months) about Cape York Water Quality projects and relevant information to educate the broader community about water quality issues and impacts for Cape York; and projects and program underway to Improve water quality (good news stories - what land managers are doing) 2. Case studies for communicating Short film/s show-casing the work of Indigenous and non-Indigenous land managers highlighting reef protection to be produced.

  

  Natural Resources Investment Program 2018-2022

  Queensland is investing more than $61 million between 2018 and 2022 to ensure the state’s natural land and water resources are sustainably managed. This includes dedicated funds for Great Barrier Reef catchments. The Natural Resources Investment Program funding acknowledges the important role that the natural resource management bodies and the community play in repairing and improving Queensland’s unique assets for future generations.
  

  

  Natural Resource Management Investment Program 2017-2018

  The State has allocated $80 million to the regional natural resource management investment program over five years from 2013 to 2018, including $30 million to protect the Great Barrier Reef. The majority of the funding is being provided to support strategic projects delivered through Queensland's regional natural resource management (NRM) bodies. These organisations provide an important link between governments and communities. They also work collaboratively with volunteer and grass-roots organisations (e.g. Landcare), rural industry groups and landholders.

  

  Regional Extension Coordination collaborative agreement

  Regional Extension Coordination

  

  AMRUN

  Purchase of 420kg Mixed Native Grass Seed. Establishment of Cape York community seeds, casual employment of Indigenous people collecting seed and payment by kg of collection. Tranining in collection and storage methods. Seed to be sold to RIO but also purchased by the Gully Remediation projects

• Newsletter Articles

  

  Your Cape York Life

  We want the Cape York Healthy Country Newsletter to include you—the Cape York community.

  There are some very talented story tellers, artists, photographers, plus wonderful land manager projects, across the Cape community—and we have hundreds of readers who’d love to read, or see, your work.

  Or maybe your school or community group has something exciting to showcase, or an event coming up that you’d like to promote more widely. They may be innovative online events!

  

  How to find Cape York plans — Who Plans Here

  Words Ben Lister and Robyn May

  Who Plans Here is a Cape York NRM tool accessible on our website. The tool enables users to locate plans that are in place across the region. Plans are updated regularly, with over 150 plans currently available.

  Plans that Cape York NRM has permission to share can be located by searching a selected area on the site’s Cape York map—plans within that selected area will be displayed. Users will then have the option to download, or to contact the plan owner for access.

  

  National Indigenous Fire Workshop 2018

  Understanding the cultural responsibility of looking after Country

  

  Thirty years of marine turtle research in the northern Great Barrier Reef

  This year marks three decades of marine turtle monitoring in the far northern Great Barrier Reef by the Department of Environment and Science. 

  

  Carbon Farming on the Cape

  Cape York NRM has been awarded $200,000 under the Palaszczuk Government’s Land Restoration Fund to assess the feasibility of a collective carbon farming initiative in the Normanby basin

  

  Native grasses initiative for the Mitchell River catchment

  Words Robyn May | Photo Cape York NRM

  Cape York land managers’ efforts to reduce the loss of valuable top soil, and increase grazing productivity, are being supported by a suite of native grass identification tools.

  

  Bloom and Prosper 2020

  Laughter, friendship and even a few tears—Northern Gulf’s women’s events for 2020 kicked off in September with events in Mount Carbine and Walkamin, and concluded in Mount Surprise.

  This year’s event, Bloom and Prosper, focussed on disaster preparedness and personal development, with participants gaining skills and knowledge to support their families and communities with disaster resilience.

  

  Out of the books and into the boots for Cape York NRM Graduate Trainee

  No one ever learned to walk by reading a book about it—the same message holds true for working with land managers on Cape York

  

  Resilient rural women revitalise

  Words and photo Robyn May

  Many of these women have never taken a day, let alone three days, away from their roles as land managers, mothers, wives, teachers, accountants and the rest, to focus on themselves.

  Some of the women attending have overcome or are still experiencing seemingly insurmountable challenges during their lives on the land. Outside their comfort zone, many shared their stories in the comfort of others who understand.

  

  Co-benefits of carbon farming

  There are positive outcomes to carbon farming in addition to emissions avoided or carbon stored.

  

  Updates to application process Queensland Health

  Baiting products containing regulated poisons
  
  Recent amendments have been made to Queensland Health’s application process to obtain and use baiting products containing regulated poisons ie: strychnine, fluoroacetic acid (1080) and 4-aminopropriophenone (PAPP). There is no change to coordinated baiting programs provided by Local Governments.
  
  There are eight key amendments — documents can be found on the website at

  

  Top teaching in the Top End for Cape York NRM staff

  ‘The change starts with us’—that was the takeaway for Cape York NRM staff attending the Australasia-Pacific Extension Network (APEN) conference in Darwin last week

  

  Springvale Station sediment solution

  Words and photos Juliana Foxlee

  Springvale Station Nature Refuge is located 40km south west of Cooktown. Once a cattle station, the culturally – important property is now a refuge for a diverse range of vulnerable flora and fauna.

  The Palaszczuk government purchased Springvale Station in 2016 in a bid to reduce sediment flowing from the degraded paddocks into the Normanby River.

  The Queensland government is now investing in a new project which will support water quality outcomes and *Bama livelihoods.

  

  Gateway to the Cape update

  Story + Photos by Waratah Nicholls
  
  The Gateway to the Cape, planned for a Lakeland site, is one step further to seeing it become a reality thanks to the full support of Cook Shire Council and a RADF funded sculpture workshop which was held on the weekend of 14-15 July 2018.
  
  Cook Shire Council has submitted an Expression of Interest to ‘Building Our Regions’ to develop the Gateway to the Cape. The proposed development will consist of a BBQ area, a sculpture park, and a building containing information about Cape York Peninsula.
  

  

  Welcome to the Cape York Healthy Country Newsletter

  This edition of the Cape York Healthy Country Newsletter highlights how the combination of solid planning and good on ground delivery combine to bring about great results.

  

  Minister visits
 Springvale Nature Refuge

  ‘This project aims to substantially reduce the amount of sediment flowing into the Normanby, and as a result, improve water quality in the Northern Great Barrier Reef,’

  

  2019 Cape York Indigenous Fire Workshop

  Words and photo Robyn May

  ‘Manage landscape and all species benefit’ was just one of the many positive comments made during the feedback session following the 2019 Cape York Indigenous Fire Workshop.

  This year’s workshop was held in July at Mary Valley and coincided with the school holidays, so lots
  of kids were able to attend and learn an array of traditional fire and land management techniques while spending time on Country. This is critical as these children are the land and sea managers of the future.

  

  Reef Community Action Plan Released

  Strategies and prioritisation designed to deliver meaningful benefits to local catchments, rivers, beaches, important species, and the Great Barrier Reef.

• Newsletter Editions

  

  Issue 43

• Podcast Episode

  

  MCYL 02 Shelley Lyon Part Two

  In Episode 2 of My Cape York Life we continue the journey of Shelley Lyon and her family through Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland.  We travel to Cooktown, Lakefield National Park, the Great Barrier Reef and Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve, learning about life in remote Cape York. We go beachcombing and exploring, and hear what's its like coming face-to-face with a crocodile. 

  Enjoy, subscribe, and please invite your friends to listen in.

  

  MCYL S2 Bob Frazer (part one)

  This week Cape York NRM bring you two bonus episodes of My Cape York Life.

  We are talking with Bob Frazer, who was the founding Chief Executive Officer of Cape York NRM, and spent eight years with the organisation, retiring in April 2018.

  Bob has an impressive career, spending 13 years in NRM leadership positions in Cape York and North Queensland, and he is highly regarded across Australia for his work.

  

  MCYL S2 Waratah Nicholls

  Waratah Nicholls arrived in Far North Queensland in the early 80's for a Bungle in the Jungle at Bloomfield and fell in love. Her piece of paradise is in Mungumby Valley - a stones throw from the famous Lions Den Hotel. 

  Waratah is an artist, teacher and community worker. Through her work, her passion and her kindness, Waratah has left her mark in art galleries, communities and hearts across Cape York Peninsula. She's currently coordinating the 'Gateway to the Cape' - a concept to develop a visitor stop in Lakeland, promoting environmental awareness for travellers.

  

  MCYL 08 Lewis Roberts (series final)

  Lewis Roberts is a highly regarded self-taught naturalist and botanical illustrator. He has an Order of Australia, and last year quietly received the Queensland Natural History award. Scientists from all over the world visit Lewis and his brother Charlie at Shiptons Flat – a property which has been in their family for well over one hundred years. Lewis has had several species named after him, yet is incredibly modest. His kind and gentle nature, and in depth knowledge of his environment, shines through in this interview - on the banks of Parrot Creek at Shiptons Flat.

  

  MCYL 03 Mikayla Down & Wilfred Peter

  Mikayla Down and Wilfred Peter are Traditional Owners from Lama Lama Country, which hugs the northern coast of Princess Charlotte Bay on Cape York Peninsula.

  Mikayla and Wilfred work as rangers with Yintjingga Aboriginal Corporation's Lama Lama Rangers caring for and managing traditional land and sea country from Silver Plains in the north to Marina Plains in the south. 

  Listen as Mikayla and Wilfred discuss life as a ranger, growing up in Cape York, and the responsibilities they hold as young Traditional Owners caring for their Country.

  

  MYCL S2 Bob Frazer (part two)

  Bob Frazer was the founding Chief Executive Officer of Cape York NRM, who spent eight years with the organisation until he retired in April 2018.

  Bob has an impressive career, spending 13 years in NRM leadership positions in Cape York and North Queensland, and he is highly regarded across Australia for his work.

  In this bonus eposide of My Cape York Life, Bob shares his story about working on Cape York, the challenges of setting up a regional natural resource management body, and his reflections on natural resource management into the future.

  

  MCYL S2 Marie Shipton

  Marie Shipton lives in Wujal Wujal and is a Traditional Owner from the area. The interview is recorded on Country at the mouth of the beautiful Bloomfield River, in the company of a patrolling crocodile. 

  Marie talks about growing up on the river, before being moved to Wujal Wujal by the Lutheran Church, and shares stories about her family, culture and life in the place where the rainforest meets the reef. 

  These days Marie works to preserve and share the stories and culture of her Country, as a Cultural Officer at Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Council.

  

  My Cape York Life Series Two

  Stories from the people who live, breathe and work Cape York Peninsula, managing the land and our future.

  First episode available Friday 16 March 2018.

  Play below, click to subscribe.

  The theme music is Cape York by Black Image Band, used with permission from Vince Harrigan, Black Image Band.

  This series is hosted by Cape York NRM's Lyndal Scobell, and produced by Richard Dinnen. Cape York NRM's on-line team are Ben Lister and Robyn May.

  

  MCYL 04 Louise Stone

  Louise Stone has lived a colourful life.  She grew up on dairy farm on the Atherton Tablelands and has travelled Australia's east coast in horse and buggy. Louise can play almost any musical instrument she picks up, sings like a songbird and she once went on tour with Ester King from the Platters. She has a fascinating career working in Aboriginal communities in Queensland and Northern Territory, training Rangers in Conservation and Land Management. Until late last year, Louise was the Ranger Coordinator with Mapoon Land and Sea Rangers.

  

  MCYL S2 Alan Wilson

  Alan Wilson has spent almost 40 years on Cape York, and has seen and done a lot. He is a Cook Shire Councillor, and he’s run cattle stations, the Laura pub and the town’s roadhouse.

  He has led many campaigns to improve life on the Cape. He pushed for the new bridge over the Laura River south of town, and continues to campaign for one at north Laura – where wet season floods isolate the town and can be a real danger to people. 

  Alan has spent years campaign for a container deposit scheme for Queensland - which has finally been taken on by the Queensland Government.

  

  MCYL S2 Tom Shephard

  We begin the second series of My Cape York Life on Artemis Station, a cattle property in the heart of Cape York.  Artemis is a 125 thousand hectare property midway between Coen and Laura. The property has been in the Shephard family for about 100 years and is run by Tom and Sue Shephard. In episode one, we are talking with Tom.

  

  MCYL 05 Peter & Annette Marriott

  Peter and Annette Marriott have done a lot in their time together on Cape York Peninsula.

  The Marriotts run Ninda Creek, a 9,000 acre cattle property near Lakeland on southern Cape York.

  Annette was born in Cooktown, and Peter moved to the Cape in the early 70s to manage Crocodile Station. 45 years later he hasn’t quite made the fortune he dreamed of back then, but Peter and Annette still love living and working on the Cape.

  

  MCYL 101 My Cape York Life About

  Stories from the people who live, breathe and work Cape York Peninsula, managing the land and our future.

  First episode available Friday 10 February 2017.

  Play below, click to subscribe.

  

  MCYL S2 Vince Harrigan

  Vince Harrigan is a Traditional Owner and Ranger from Normanby Station in southern Cape York. The 31,400 acre property was returned to his family in the 1990s. The Harrigan brothers are caring for country and Vince says he can see Country becoming healthy again. 

  The Normanby River runs through the property into Princess Charlotte Bay – and Vince knows that work being undertaken on the property is having a positive impact the health of the reef. 

  

  MCYL S2 Sue Shephard

  Sue Shephard moved to Cape York in 1970 to work at Musgrave Station for the Shephard family.  She met the youngest Shephard son, Tom, got married, and together they raised four children on Artemis Station.

  Artemis is a 125 thousand hectare cattle property between Laura and Coen on Cape York Peninsula. Sue tells some amazing stories of raising kids and cattle, caring for country, and researching the endangered golden shouldered parrot.

  

  MCYL 06 Desmond Tayley

  Desmond Tayley is a Cape York leader, who has the rare distinction of being one of Australia’s youngest and longest-serving mayors.

  As the Mayor of Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council, he describes his community as the place “so nice you’ve got to say it twice”.

  Wujal Wujal, on southern Cape York, is where the rainforest meets the Great Barrier Reef. It’s an Indigenous community located in lush country on the banks of the Bloomfield River.

  Wujal Wujal is south of Cooktown, north of the Daintree, and home to about 500 people.

  

  MCYL 01 Shelley Lyon Part One

  In Episode 1 of My Cape York Life, we talk with Shelley Lyon - a ranger at Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve - on the banks of the Wenlock River.

  Shelley has spent over 40 years on Cape York working and living in some of Australia's most beautiful and remote places. In this episode we learn how Shelley and her family came to live on the Cape, and hear some funny and scary tales of her adventures over the years. 

  

  MCYL S2 Jessie Price-Decle

  Jessie Price is a young mum, an environmental scientist, and the Grazing Engagement Officer with South Cape York Catchments - a community-based natural resource management organisation based in Cooktown.

  Jessie began her Cape York working life as a trainee with Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, a spectacular introduction to the region she loves living in and working for.

  Jessie is passionate about conservation on Cape York, and understands first-hand the challenges of having a career and raising a family in one of Australia's remote regions.

  

  MCYL S2 Billy Harrigan

  Billy Harrigan is the Cultural Officer with Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council and is a Traditional Owner from the area.

  He has always lived in the south-east of Cape York and has worked hard throughout his life.  Now, he is a few years from retirement. He has seen a lot of change in community, technology, environmental management and government policy.

  

  MCYL 07 Wendy Seabrook

  Dr Wendy Seabrook is an ecologist, an innovator and a strategic  thinker.  She has worked around the world and is originally from London. She's worked with the giant Aldabra tortoises in the Seychelles and cane toads in northern New South Wales and on the Atherton Tablelands. And, "like many people (she) just ended up in Cooktown".

• Projects

  

  Cape Create - Transforming Trash LitterED Environmental Arts Project

  Cape Create – Transforming Trash LitterEd Environmental Arts project will create art works and sculptures using recycled rubbish in an educational awareness program designed for major events and schools in areas where illegal dumping or littering are particularly evident on Cape York. Once this Program is designed and implemented we envision that it can be rolled out in other regions.

  

  Recording of ethnobotany and sharing of traditional knowledge of botany of Jack Lakes region with traditional owners

  This project will support the recording of ethnobotany and sharing of traditional knowledge of botany of the lakes with traditional owners, which will aim to conserve and protect the natural and cultural resources of the Muunthiwarra Traditional Owners.

  

  Prospectus for Western Cape York Water Management Plan

  This project develops a detailed prospectus for Western Cape York Water Quality Improvement Plan (WCYWQIP). The prospectus is to engage with funding bodies and partners to support the WCYWQIP project and will demonstrate the benefits of supporting Cape York NRM to achieve this Plan.

  

  Cape York NRM IT, ATLAS and Web Page Support

  Services to Cape York NRM for information technology (IT); including the development and implementation of an IT plan: understand and maintain all ATLAS infrastructures for Cape York NRM, into the future including engagement with NRM staff;  to inform communication materials for the ATLAS and update web site as required.

  Assist day to day with IT requirements of the organisation, including hardware and software requirements and maintenance of Google suite of products.

  

  Indigenous Fire Workshop 2014

  This project partnered with Mulong Pty Ltd to conduct a fire management workshop on Steve Irwin Wildlife Sanctuary (or other suitable location) over five days in July 2014. The project built on Indigenous fire knowledge into land management on Cape York and beyond. The project also supported the establishment of a steering committee for Indigenous fire knowledge holders.
  
  This project involved:

  

  Ethnobotany with Muunthiwarra Traditional Owners

  Muunthiwarra Aboriginal Corporation have commenced a small grant project with Cape York Natural Resource Management to support communities managing landscapes within waterways, wetlands and springs on country. Munthiwarra traditional owners have elected project activities to include recording of ethnobotany and sharing of traditional knowledge of botany of the lakes with traditional owners.

  

  Rubber Vine Spraying on the Lukin River

  The Rubber Vine Control project continues to carry out the established efforts to contain the Rubber Vine threat to by the method of spraying the rubber vine on Lukin River on Yarraden Station. This project runs in conjunction with the Rubber Vine Control project contracted to Wunthulpa Aboriginal Land Trust.

  Project activities include:

  

  Wolverton Environmental Action Project

  This project was a joint collaboration, initiated by Nyacha Kumopinta Aboriginal Corporation, Wolverton Station and the relevant TO’s within this area whose desires were to see viable, robust and mutually beneficial relationships; working to achieve practical outcomes whilst delivering significant environmental and social benefits. This project had the capacity to work to strengthen positive interactions between pastoralists and Traditional Owners building on meaningful, sustainable relationships.

  

  Riparian Fencing on Kimba Station

  Alice River runs through Kimba Station very close to the northern boundary. Cattle have open access to a section of river from the old fence. This causes erosion of bed and banks, spreading of weeds, fouling of waterholes and higher grazing pressure in the riparian area adjacent to the river.
  This project will fence 10 kms of the southern bank of the Alice River thus creating a fenced corridor along the river where grazing can be controlled. One dam inside the fence will be needed to supply water to the cattle when excluded from the river.

  

  Coordinating NRM response to State Regional Plan for CY Peninsula

  This project will develop initial response to the draft State regional plan for Cape York on behalf of Cape York NRM. This is a preliminary draft being realeased to members of the regional planning committee prior to the full public consultation phase and this coordinated response for Cape York NRM will engage with key stakeholders to ensure response is reflective of community consultation from a cross-section of community stakeholders. 

  

  Engaging Normanby sub-region communities in 'Your Climate' NRM Planning

  Cape York NRM has adapted a socio-ecological systems approach towards development of an NRM plan that considers the distinctive cultural landscapes of Cape York. Ongoing community consultation confirmed that it was 'time for implementation' hence the process involved learning by doing consultation strategies, integrating current synthesised studies, and recent environmental accounts conducted on Cape York.

  

  Kimba Plateau and Crosbie, Mound Springs & Wetlands Pig Management Program

  This project will initiate a joint cooperative feral pig management program to address pig populations that are degrading important spring, wetland and culture sites on the Kimba Plateau and Crosbie Mound Springs.
  
  These springs are currently relatively weed free, but this is rapidly changing due to feral animals. The project will control pigs using aerial shooting and on ground baiting (pig grain hoppers) as a trial cooperative program to reduce pig populations. It will build from regional experience controlling pigs and work directly with QPWS.

  

  Napranum Turtle Monitoring and Predator Control Wage support 2015

  

  Guide to Grasses of Quinkan Country

  This project will produce a series of fact sheets for 30 species of grasses found on Quinkan Country.

  

  Community Champion - Your Climate Program

  This is a community engagement program in the Lockhart River region and part of  the Your Climate NRM planning project. 

  The Community Champion will engage with residents under a plan outlined in the Your Climate activities and milestones schedule 

  The Community Champion will organise the delivery of the Your Climate Roadshow in Lockhart River, Friday 30 May.  Duties include venue preparation, putting up posters, talking to people, encouraging and facilitating attendance and assisting with the program on the day.

  

  National Indigenous Fire Workshop 2018

  On 12-15 July 2018, the four-day 2018 National Indigenous Fire Workshop was held at Bundanon in Yuin Country on the New South Wales south coast. Convened by the Firesticks Alliance and hosted by the Mudjingaalbaraga Firesticks Team, Bundanon Trust, Mulong and Cape York NRM and the workshop was attended by 296 participants, mostly from across eastern Australia. Participants came from as far north as Napranum, Cape York in northern Queensland to Truwana in Tasmania, and from the APY Lands in Central Australia.

  

  Aerial Control of feral pigs for turtle protection on Wik Country

  This project forms part of a broader pest management program delivering on a strategy of integrated aerial and on-ground feral pig control measures involving shooting, trapping and baiting to reduce pig numbers to a target of 70 percent each year over an area of more than 820,000 hectares.

  Control measures include aerial control of feral pigs by aerial shooting by expert marksmen trained in platform shooting. This project is an initial phase of an integrated pest management program to be undertaken in the land managed by Wik Projects.

  

  The Living Knowledge Place

  The Living Knowledge Place is a community driven online education site that show cases our culture, country, and aspirations towards the future of our environment and wellbeing. We are excited to share this amazing resource with you and watch the site grow with more fascinating content being developed everyday for this exciting community education program. So no matter who you are, or what age group, this education site has been developed to assist communities and families of all types to learn and grow together as a community.

  

  Monitor water quality characteristics in the Wenlock River system

  The 300 kilometre long Wenlock River is a system of major ecological and cultural importance with high scenic values, and holds evidence of evolutionary connections with New Guinea. It provides food sources for locals, is used recreationally by anglers, campers, and naturalists, as well as by commercial fishers.

  

  Yarraden Demonstration Site

  This project is part of the Sustainable Agriculture project of Cape York NRM and establishes a demonstration site focused on soil health, land condition, fire and water management, economic baselines and benchmarks to highlight their adoption of sustainable land management practices.
  The project establishes good practice for road construction and fencing on Yarraden Station and the results of this project will be used to demonstrate sustainable management of a property to others in the Central Cape York Cluster.

  

  Catchments to Coral - Great Barrier Reef Coastal Ecosystems and species protection on Cape York

  Catchments to Coral—Great Barrier Reef Coastal Ecosystems and species protection on Cape York is a program funded through the Australian Government’s Reef Trust that aims to improve the health and resilience of coastal habitats within the Great Barrier Reef catchments of eastern Cape York.

  

  Wild Rivers Business and Economic Support Initiative

  This QLD Government investment provided support and assistance to Indigenous applicants in developing new business and economic proposals to enable them to effectively navigate processes under the Wild Rivers legislation. Project outcomes were for indigenous individuals, communities and enterprise that were assisted and supported to develop new business and economic proposals to enable navigation of approval processes under the Wild Rivers legislation framework.

  

  Protecting the cultural and ecological values of the permanent terrestrial wetlands of Balcultha Creek

  The Ayapathu Traditional Owners have a rich cultural history in the Balclutha Creek Area. The Balclutha Nature Refuge area of Balclutha Creek catchment has very high ecological values (the unique permanent terrestrial wetland at “Dead Finish”) and cultural values (high density of “scar trees”).
  

  

  Fire Management Plans and on-country workshops for six Cape York Peninsula properites

  Consultants Firescape Science will produce map products that enable property managers to assess their eligibility and the potential economic returns for engaging in the Carbon Farming Initiative. The base map will cover the entire eligible area north of the 600mm rainfall isohyet. This map will be available for on Cape York NRM’s website.

  

  Rubber Vine Control, Targeting the Established Lukin River Containment Area 2016

  The continuation of the Rubber Vine Control works on Lukin River Containment line has shown a targeted approach which continues to reduce the threat of Rubber Vine extending past the containment line. The control works continue to be a success, building on the previous 3 years of on ground works to contain and reduce Rubber Vine along the Lukin River. The areas controlled in 2016 cover a total area of approx 784 ha with 28 km of River.

  

  Provision of Northern Australia Fire Information Services

  Information services for Cape York Land Managers: Providing fortnightly fire scar mapping for Cape York and delivering communication products to support interpretation of fire management information at property and regional scale.

  

  Traditional Owners and community working together to address threats to biodiversity

  This project meets three of the CFOC Environmental stream targets. Works focus on controlling 6 x weed species with 3 Traditional owner groups within 3 key environmental areas:

  • Trevethan Creek wildlife corridor site adjacent to the Northern Wet Tropics World Heritage Area
  • Aligator Creek an endangered coastal wetland environment also including weeds of Waymbuurr country in Cooktown
  • Rainforest isolates adjacent to Mt Web National Park at Starke.

  

  Engaging Normanby sub-region communities in 'Your Climate' NRM Planning

  Cape York NRM has adapted a socio-ecological systems approach towards development of an NRM plan that considers the distinctive cultural landscapes of Cape York. Ongoing community consultation confirmed that it was 'time for implementation' hence the process involved learning by doing consultation strategies, integrating current synthesised studies, and recent environmental accounts conducted on Cape York.

  

  Kimba Station fish and crustacean surveys

  This project aims to document the aquatic fauna on Kimba Station pre and post installation of a 10kms fence to manage cattle access to the water way. These surveys will target fish and crustaceans and of particular concern is the Freshwater Tiger Crab, Austrothelphusa tigrina, endemic to one tributary of the Alice River. The Tiger Crabs form sealed holes in the sandy bank to last out the dry season. As such they are very susceptible to trampling by cattle during this time.

  

  Darrba Video Plan and Indigenous NRM Planning Support

  This project provides business and NRM planning support to four Indigenous groups on Cape York to work towards fulfilling their land and sea aspirations and sustainable business development.

  

  Wunta Cultural Knowledge and Fire Management

  This project was the first step in the process of gathering information both traditional and scientific of the Nesbit area through the surveying of the area and the development of a plan which would address the management of weeds, feral animals and fire.

  

  Strengthening indigenous participation in the governance and work of Cape York NRM

  This project will provide consultation on the new proposed Indigenous Sector Zones with regard to Directorship areas of the Board of Cape York NRM with the criteria for membership of the Sector and Zone would be determined on the basis of that connection to country.
  This consultancy project will:

  

  Jardine Wetlands Angkamuthi Cultural Heritage Map

  The Angkamuthi clan aim to connect the younger generation of Angkamuthi members with their homelands so that they become more involved with land management and understand the value of their cultural heritage, developing a greater interest to protect the local environment inclusive of the wetlands.

  

  Engaging Mitchell River Catchment Area in 'Your Climate' NRM Planning

  Cape York NRM is adapting a socio-ecological systems approach towards development of an NRM plan that considers the distinctive cultural landscapes of Cape York.

  

  Rubber Vine control, targeting the Established Lukin River Containment Area

  The Rubber Vine Control project continues to carry out the established efforts to contain the Rubber Vine threat to within and south of the Lukin River in regards to the Cape. This project runs in conjunction with the Rubber Vine Control project contracted to WiIllmann Pastoral Co on Yarraden Station. 
  Project activities include:

  

  Working with land managers to reduce the economic and environmental impacts of high priority weeds

  This project will deliver priority feral pest and weed management activities with Cape York Weeds and Feral Animals Inc will coordinating delivery of this project. The project which will address priority weed and pest animal management in rural areas where they have a significant economic and/or environmental impact. In many cases landholders will make significant cash and/or in kind contributions to the project.

  

  Development and Management of Cape York NRM Knowledge Systems

  Cape York NRM has been funded to deliver on a range of projects that have substantial digital information components. A foundation of these projects is the development and maintenance of a digital multimedia portal for Cape York. This portal is being used as an engagement tool for partners and NRM stakeholders on Cape York and the wider NRM community. The Atlas Portal also serves reporting functions for Cape York NRM and as a database for community monitoring.

  

  Violet Vale Station Wetland Surveys 2017

  This is the second survey of aquatic fauna of the expansive floodplain wetlands on Violet Vale Station. Typically, wetlands are diverse ecosystems that support high levels of biodiversity and perform essential ecosystem services. Importantly, wetlands act as nursery grounds for a number of commercially important fish species such as Barramundi; sustaining natural recruitment and also recreational and commercial fishing industries.

  

  Temple Bay Pand Apple Survey and Eradication Program

  This project delivers capacity building and mentoring to the Kuku yu people, with Pond Apple survey and control within the Temple Bay area. This is done in two phases, phase one is a week long training component run at the Chuula homelands with empathies given to OH&S, Quad and Chainsaw training. The second phase is two weeks at Temple Bay with the last component of training delivered as Apply Chemicals under supervision, then a ground, Aerial and water survey done of the area to map the Pond Apple in the first week.

  

  Scaling up Normanby basin gully and stream bank remediation in priority areas

  Primarily at sites situated around the Laura and Normanby Rivers of the Normanby catchment, the program involves land management improvement and the active remediation of gullies. Funded by the Australian Government's Reef Trust over five years (2017 to 2022), Cape York NRM is working with land managers, contractors, and engineers to design and deliver best practice gully remediation projects in the Normanby catchment.

  

  Filling in the Gaps in the Kuuku Ya'u Cultural Heritage Projects

  This project had two objectives: 

  The first,  to aid in the establishment of a bush-tucker nursery by providing a secure water source, and secondly to record cultural knowledge and share knowledge between Elders and Rangers. The project provided part of the funds necessary for the purchase and transport of a water storage tank to secure water to the Kuku Ya’u bush tucker nursery.

  

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  Corporate Services Functions provided to Cape York NRM

  

  Western Cape York Sea Turtle Documentary Production

  A documentary will be produced with the aim to increase the local community's and broader public's understanding of turtle threat abatement action, through the West Coast Turtle Threat Abatement Alliance.

  

  Indigenous Fire Workshop 2015

  The Indigenous Fire Workshop for 2015 marks the seventh year of fire workshops on Cape York. This project with Mulong Pty Ltd will conduct the fire management workshop at Mary Valley in 2015 and provided support for the delivery with the logistical requirements that make this event a success

  

  Catchment Solutions

  Three rainfall simulations will be undertaken at each of four different land use combinations as soon as possible after the wet season (plus 3 demonstration/field days). Simulation runs could include:

  

  Wenlock Catchment Management Group Consultancy

  The Wenlock River requires good management, an effectively targeted work program and coordinated stakeholder and community participation to maintain these values and to reduce the impacts of populations.

  

  Your Climate Indigenous Climate Knowledge

  This project aimed to support Indigenous people on Cape York to share stories from Indigenous Elders and groups related to climate change and adaptation strategies, from their own worldview. The project produced high-definition film clips of Indigenous people of Cape York.  The outcomes included knowledge recording and sharing among Indigenous and non-Indigenous groups and land managers, improved education of land managers, youth and children and promotion of online portals for NRM information.
  
  This project contributed to the activities of two Cape York NRM projects:

  

  Fish surveys of the Jardine River catchment

  This project involves developing a rapid assessment of the fish fauna of freshwater habitats in the Jardine River catchment and nearby streams. A mix of survey methods including netting and observational approaches are used. Baited underwater cameras in dangerous waters (i.e. crocodiles) and snorkelling in small waterways provides a means of rapidly assessing the composition of the fish fauna at a range of sites. Netting is also used to verify records of species and to collect species unlikely to be seen by the visual techniques (e.g. nocturnal species).

  

  Development of a Carbon Prioritisation Spatial Framework

  This project facilitates and develops a carbon prioritisation spatial framework for Cape York now and into the future. The project uses existing models, such as those being used by April Reside and Bob Pressey of James Cook University, and adapts and populates them with data for Cape York. The data might include fire, soils, vegetation, wetlands, culture, management regimes and land use. The project aim is to model different outcomes for Cape York based on different, mostly policy, scenarios. A number of maps reveal different opportunities based on different settings.

  

  Kickstarting action carbon, culture, ecology and economies in Cape York

  Kickstarting action carbon, culture, ecology, and economies in Cape York was a pilot project funded by the Queensland Government's Land Restoration Fund. The project, based in the Normanby River catchment, investigated opportunities for a carbon farming project that included co-benefits.

  

  Cultural Mapping Consultancy

  This project saw the construction of a map of cape york including traditional boundaries to better facilitate the transfer of information regarding up coming projects between all stakeholders.

  

  Provision of Northern Australia Fire Information Services 2016

  Provide Cape York NRM individual fire history property maps for 2016 Early Dry Season (1 March- 31 July), Late Dry Season (1 August- 31 October), with percentage area burnt for each season and regional fire season animations.

  

  Cape York Cassowaries Documentary

  This project supported the production of a documentary film, as part of the Threatened Species Fund project “Cape York cassowaries – Traditional Owners recording populations and addressing threats to habitat” project. The Documentary was produced working with Traditional Owners Kalan Enterprises along with scientists from CSIRO, to record the relationship between cassowaries, people and country, and document the Cape York Project.

  

  Services Agreement for the provision of Service Provider services for the NRM organisation

  Corporate Services Functions provided to Cape York NRM