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Gulf Savannah NRM is delivering a range of projects in regenerative agriculture, biodiversity, fire and drought management, community resilience, and more. Stay up to date with our monthly online newsletter: bit.ly/gsnrm-news

Questtosupportquolls

Our Project Support Officer and Regional Agricultural Landcare Facilitator (RALF), Leah, has been out to Brooklyn Station recently, placing lures close to our artificial quoll dens These sites will be monitored periodically using trail cameras placed at each entry to the den, to determine what animal has taken the lure Ultimately the aim of the lure is to attract quolls to the dens to utilise them; realistically, we are likely to see a range of animals including dingoes, pigs and cats that may be attracted to these lures too. We'll be keeping an eye on the trail cameras to see which animals show an interest.

This project received grant funding from the Australian Government's Environment Restoration Fund The project is a partnership between Gulf Savannah NRM, Terrain NRM, James Cook University, Australian Wildlife Conservancy and Western Yalanji Traditional Owners.

Freehelptotrack Landcondition

Monitoring of the current land condition on 260 sites across the Northern Gulf has begun, with the goal to complete all sites by the end of June Oneon-one land condition monitoring training has also begun with properties in the Croydon and Einasleigh areas

Want to learn how to monitor land condition the health of your land, soil and pasture on your property? This project is free to take part in and you'll be supported to develop new skills Get in touch with Kacie on 0484 869 995 to find out more

This project is funded by Queensland Government’s Natural Resources Recovery Program

Turtlesintrouble

We've been working with Tagalaka Aboriginal Corporation to seek support for freshwater turtle conservation, after reports from locals that turtle numbers may be declining. Alfred Owens, chairperson for Tagalaka Aboriginal Corporation, presented to the Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network forum in Sydney, supported by Gulf Savannah NRM and the Wettenhall Environment Trust He explained our plans to conserve freshwater turtles from feral pig predation and habitat decline in Tagalaka Country, as well as the pressing need for more housing in Croydon to support any future ranger positions It’s great to see these issues from the remote Gulf region being communicated to a national audience Since then, several generous donors have supported these efforts, which will translate into real on ground conservation action in future

DATA,DATA,DATA!

We are about to begin the next round of data collection for the Showcasing Resilient Grazing Landscapes with Better Biodiversity project The researchers from James Cook University that we are collaborating with have been busy analysing the data collected in the previous rounds of sampling, and continue to develop their automated species detection models.

This project has received funding from the Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority (QRIDA) and the Australian Government

POWERFULPOLLINATORSINACTION!

We recently planted 220 native plants using six species (Melaleucas, Acacias, Leptospermum and Ficus) at two farms in Walkamin amongst avocado and persimmon orchards. These attractive trees will blossom before the crop does and encourage pollinating insects to enter the orchard Then, as the crop flowers, established colonies of pollinating insects are already present