News
Man sentenced after pleading guilty to causing a bushfire
A Territory man who pleaded guilty in the NT Supreme Court to illegally starting a fire at Djukbinj National Park 2 years ago has today received a 6-month suspended sentence.
Churchill Fellowship to bring best practice environmental regulation to the NT
Last year, Tess Cole-Adams undertook a Churchill Fellowship. She travelled to the UK, Europe and Greenland to meet with best practice environmental regulators.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the designation of Cobourg Peninsula as a Ramsar site - the first Ramsar wetland of international importance to be declared in Australia and internationally.
In an impressive demonstration of teamwork, NT Parks and Wildlife Rangers, in collaboration with personnel from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) stationed at RAAF Base Tindal in Katherine, recently embarked on a joint endeavour to service the Jatbula Trail and Southern Walks in Nitmiluk National Park ahead of their upcoming opening.
Volunteers ensure that there is something for everyone in our parks
This year the theme of National Volunteer Week is ‘Something for Everyone’ and the volunteers that walk alongside Parks and Wildlife Division staff help us ensure that our parks and reserves are ready to welcome visitors from around the world.
Visiting Protected Area worker from India
Early this year the Northern Territory Ranger Association, with the support of the department, undertook peer-to-peer fundraising to bring a Ranger (assistant forester) to Australia from India to build capacity, share management techniques (especially for live crocodile capture), knowledge and ideas of the different ways of managing parks and reserves.
Another Typhonium praetermissum season done and dusted!
The Typhonium team within the Flora and Fauna division recently completed another successful field season of Typhonium praetermissum surveys. This data, along with previous years’ data is vital information that contributes to the Conservation Strategy for this species.
Rangers attend the 2024 Central Land Council Ranger Camp at Tilmouth Well
Last month NT Parks and Wildlife Rangers from Central Australia Parks were invited to attend the 2024 Central Land Council Ranger Camp at Tilmouth Well.
Science underpinning the Adelaide River ecological assessment
The Water Resources Division has spent the last few months in and around the Adelaide River Catchment collecting the science that will underpin the development of the Adelaide River water allocation plan.
Progress on project to support water infrastructure and housing development in Maningrida
On Thursday 9 May, Rowan Reilly, Director Office of Water Security and Teng Yik, from Power and Water, travelled to Maningrida, located on the Central Arnhem coast at the mouth of the Liverpool River east of Darwin to meet the Hon Linda Burney MP, Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians and Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy, Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians to show them the progress being made on upgrades to the community’s water supply system.