Tarriwa-Kurrukun

Cultural burning benefits the totemic echidna at Wattleridge Indigenous Protected Area

Collaborative research supported by the Firesticks Alliance was published in international scientific journal Human Ecology in December. Co-authors the Banbai Rangers, Lesley Patterson (Banbai Elder), Michelle McKemey (PhD candidate UNE), Oliver Costello (Firesticks), Emilie Ens (Macquarie University), Nick Reid, John Hunter, Mal Ridges and Cara Miller (UNE) produced the paper entitled Cross-cultural monitoring of a cultural […]

February 4th, 2020|Categories: News, PhD Research, Tarriwa-Kurrukun, Wattleridge|Tags: , , , , , |
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Final Project Partners Meeting hosted by Minyumai IPA

Minyumai IPA hosted the final Firesticks Partners Meeting on the 8-10th May. Rangers from Wattleridge, Ngunya Jargoon and Boorabee and the Willows IPAs (Indigenous Protected Areas) and rangers from Casino Boolangle and Gugin Guddaba Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) were joined by representatives from the Local Land Services (LLS), Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), […]

May 16th, 2017|Categories: Casino Boolangle, Gugin Gudduba, Minyumai, News, Ngunya Jargoon, Wattleridge, Willows Boorabee|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |
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Connecting to Country Short Film featuring NSW Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) Partners

Until recently many Aboriginal people were denied access to their ancestral lands and the opportunities to manage Country in a way that preserves and enhances its cultural and ecological values and connectivity. This situation is changing with the creation of Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) around Australia including in North Eastern New South Wales, where Aboriginal land managers are directly involved in […]

March 2nd, 2017|Categories: Casino Boolangle, Gugin Gudduba, Minyumai, News, Ngulingah, Ngunya Jargoon, Research + Engagement Protocols, Wattleridge, Willows Boorabee|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Banbai cultural exchange with Coastal IPAs

On the 31st May and 1st June the Banbai Enterprise Development Aboriginal Corporation properties of Wattleridge and Tarriwa Kurrukun Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) sponsored a professional exchange, learning and development opportunity between their properties and the Coastal IPAs of Minyumai and Ngunya Jargoon. A group of 17 rangers and administrative staff participated in the visit to share […]

June 28th, 2016|Categories: Minyumai, News, Ngunya Jargoon|Tags: , , , |
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Sand Plot Tracking Workshops at Wattleridge IPA

On the 26th and 27th of February Wattleridge IPA hosted the first of two sand plot tracking workshops scheduled for the Tablelands and North Coast as part of the Firesticks Project ongoing integrated fire and vertebrate pest management program. The Tablelands workshop was attended by rangers from Boorabee and the Willows IPAs along with the rangers […]

March 9th, 2016|Categories: News, Wattleridge, Willows Boorabee|Tags: , , , , , , |
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Wattleridge IPA Property Partners Meeting

Firesticks project partners met at Wattleridge IPA located near Guyra on the New England Tablelands on the 12th, 13th and 14th of October for our bi-annual meeting. The meeting was well attended by rangers from Wattleridge IPA, Minyumai IPA, Boorabee and the Willows IPA, Ngulingah LALC and Casino Boolangle LALC. Representatives from the NSW Rural Fire Service […]

October 23rd, 2015|Categories: Casino Boolangle, Firesticks Project, Minyumai, News, Ngulingah, Tarriwa-Kurrukun, Wattleridge, Willows Boorabee|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |
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Wattleridge IPA monitoring plot burn

On Sunday the 16th of August two of the monitoring plots at Wattleridge IPA were burnt by the Banbai rangers and Rural Fire Service (RFS) using cultural burning techniques. After two years of baseline monitoring by the Firesticks ecologist, the weather and conditions were right for the burns to go ahead. After cold and wet weather […]

August 27th, 2015|Categories: Firesticks Project, News, Wattleridge|Tags: , , , , , |
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Personal Protective Equipment provided by Rural Fire Service

The Firesticks program has been building momentum and ranger groups that have completed their Bush FireFighting (BFF) training have now gone onto implementing prescribed burns on their own properties. Many of the Firesticks Partner properties are considerably under resourced and do not have funding to cover essential Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to be able to […]

July 3rd, 2015|Categories: Minyumai, News, Ngulingah, Tarriwa-Kurrukun, Wattleridge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |
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Tarriwa Kurrukun IPA

The Tarriwa Kurrukun Indigenous Protected Area covers 930 hectares of wetlands and stringy bark forest, home to an amazing diversity of plants and animals.

More than 500 different plant species are found on the property and the diversity of plants is matched by a diversity of animals. Birds making a home at Tarriwa Kurrukun include glossy […]

February 22nd, 2014|Categories: Tarriwa-Kurrukun|Tags: |
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