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Protecting quandongs and grass trees at Watarrka National Park
The department’s Special Pest Management Projects scheme gives endangered flora some breathing room at Watarrka National Park.
Boosting NT Parks visitor and experience opportunities
Parks have released the Parks Development and Framework Toolkit to help developers realise nature and cultural based opportunities on parks and reserves.
A new platform for delivering Fire Fighting 1 (FF1) Training to Bushfire Brigade Volunteers
Bushfires NT, in conjunction with their third party Registered Training Organisation (RTO), Charles Darwin University (CDU), have developed an online training package to deliver Fire Fighting 1 (FF1) training to Bushfire Brigade Volunteers.
BirdLife Top End host 'Farewell Shorebirds' event at Lee Point within Casuarina Coastal Reserve
BirdLife Top End event attendees recently celebrated the migratory shorebirds as they prepare to leave the Northern Territory’s coastline after the wet season, and head back into the northern hemisphere. Park rangers assisted by conducting compliance patrols in the area to make sure dog owners in the area were obeying the park rules and not disturbing the birds.
Training for low level helicopter operations
Wire strike is the main hazard of low level aerial operations, and a consistent cause of injury, death and destruction for crews operating in ‘Wire environments’. 6 Parks and Wildlife Rangers recently took part in a seminar covering ‘Threat and Error Management and Crew Resource Management’ for low level crews operating in a wire environment.
In 2023, the Office of Water Security finalised the Territory Water Plan. In recognition of their hard work, and together with other government agencies and the Power and Water Corporation, they won the Organisational Excellence Award at the NT Water Awards. The Territory Water Plan is now nominated for this category at the national Australian Water Awards.
Move to Reuse: A step towards sustainability in the Northern Territory
Territorians can get ready to make the Move to Reuse and step towards a circular economy! The recent release of a public tender called for proposals to implement a self-sustaining reuse model aimed at increasing the reuse of food and beverage items across the Northern Territory.
Understanding the Mataranka Water Allocation Plan
The draft Mataranka water allocation plan has been released by the Minister for the Environment and Water Security, for the public to have their say on the proposed limits to the amount of water that can be taken, as well as the water management and trading rules that apply.
In February 2024 the Northern Territory Weed Management Branch hosted a Gamba ID Workshop as a part of the ICIN 2024 North Australian Savanna Fire Forum.
A first for onshore petroleum inspectors, surveillance from the skies
With recent rainfall causing access restrictions to remote onshore petroleum well sites, inspectors from Petroleum Operations and Weeds Management Branch of the Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security took to the skies to conduct their first wet season surveillance exercise across the Beetaloo Sub-basin, via helicopter.