Normanton

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Ranger team
Normanton Land Sea Rangers
Host organisation
Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation

Normanton rangers from the Kukatj, Gkuthaarn and Kurtijar Traditional Owner groups protect natural resources on Country in the southern gulf plains. The rangers deliver a range of on-ground activities in an area from Staaten River to Leichardt River including:

  • implementation of the Gkuthaarn and Kukatj and Kurtijar Country plans
  • long term monitoring of migratory shorebirds and documentation of breeding colonies of waterbird including heron, ibis and cormorant. The rangers played a central role in achieving the declaration of the internationally recognised Wernadinga and Tarrant Migratory Shorebird Flyways
  • traditional knowledge transfer through school visits and the Junior Ranger program
  • recording of flora and fauna species, focusing on threatened, culturally significant, data deficient species or other species of interest as highlighted in management plans
  • turtle nest surveys along the Delta Downs coastline and protection of nests through marine debris monitoring and removal
  • managed burns to manage weeds and protect cultural and ecological assets
  • biosecurity surveillance including of marine pests along the coastline and plant and animal health.

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