Innisfail
- Ranger team
- Mamu Rangers
- Host organisation
- Mamu Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC
The Mamu Rangers play an important role in caring for Mamu country, which lies within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area surrounding Innisfail. Their country includes Wooroonooran National Park, and the rangers collaborate with QPWS to undertake work on the park.
Mamu rangers’ work includes:
- monitoring water quality and developing a water plan for major rivers, in partnership with Terrain NRM
- control and monitoring of invasive weeds, in collaboration with QPWS, landholders, community groups and local government
- mapping, monitoring and managing cultural sites such as scarred trees and bora grounds, and conservation of cultural artefacts
- delivering educational, youth engagement activities with local schools, both in school and on-country, such as the Gungamburr nursery and revegetation project with Innisfail State High School
- facilitating transfer of traditional knowledge from Elders to future generations