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Healthy Country Newsletter Cape York Healthy Country NewsletterPhoto: Vicki Wundersitz Issue 32 Spring 2017 Caring for the Cape Tiger Crabs on Kimba Station by Brendon Ebner (Ebb) At the start of the dry this year, Cape York NRM and the most was 276, with an average of 121 holes. and Rodney and Anne Raymond, the property Six of these motels showed signs of pig damage. owners of Kimba Station, arranged for James Apparently crab truffles are in demand. Cook University fish ecologist Ebb, to survey fish The Tiger crab spends about half of its year and crabs in the local waterways. underground and cuts loose during the wet. The study The purpose of this first field trip was getting baseline turned up two types of crab, the common freshwater estimates of the aquatic fauna prior to fencing off crab which is typically a plain washed out grey or a reach of the Alice River from being accessible brown colour, and the unmistakable tiger crab. The to cattle. A primary focus was on the Tiger crab Tiger crabs were generally larger than the common (Austrothelphusa tigrina), which is an endemic freshwater crab, but the latter species was found at species that is currently only known from the western a number of small creeks where the Tiger crabs and slopes of the Kimba Plateau. their hotels were absent. Ann Raymond from Kimba Station said her family had Small fish were about but not in great numbers at known that Tiger crabs were special, and unique to most sites that were surveyed. In some places the the region, since her son Shane did some research rapid drying of the river was leaving small rainbowfish for a school project. flapping about and short of a future. Presumably the 4WD capability of the crabs ensures a final banquet Ebb is hoping that more properties owners on the Printed on sustainably sourced paper of stranded fish before the crabs go into hibernation Cape and recreational anglers that come across this for the dry. A second trip is planned for the end of this stunning type of crab, might contact him to help map upcoming wet season. out the wider distribution of the critter. A photo and a GPS point or a rough location would be a handy start. For further information or to report a sighting contact: Vicki Wundersitz P: 07 4095 7132 Vicki Wundersitz assisted with the surveys and was E : v w u n d e r s i t z @ c a p e y o r k n r m . c o m . a u responsible for counting the number of crab holes in Ebb P: 07 40918805 E: brendan.ebner@csiro the banks. Vicki and Ebb nick-named these facilities ‘hotels’, but essentially they resemble a mud- This project is supported by Cape York NRM through coloured, Swiss-cheese river bank. Of the 15 hotels funding through Australian Government’s National that were fully inspected, the least holes were 24 Landcare Programme. Update from the Directors Newsletter contents Fire management clusters on Cape York by Barry Lyon, Cape York NRM The 2017 dry season has now fully kicked What’s featuring in this issue in across the region, with the topic of fire management growing. STORY PAGE The Nature Conservancy has contributed significantly Tiger crabs on Kimba Station 1 to our newly formed Fire Project and Coordinator role. Land managers have welcomed discussions around Update from the Directors 2 appropriate fire management specific to the native Fire management clusters on Cape 3 grasses and the terrain of this region, but which also York reflect on how ecosystems, waterways and the like can stay healthy through sound management and Recycling rubbish and marine debris 4 early burning. The Board has been quite sad to lose one of its key directors, Barry Lyon, to this position. Saving Balclutha Nature Reserve 5 Keeping it local with local knowledge, relationships spring and expertise, is invaluable to this role. The Board Searching for sawfish in the Gulf 6-7 would like to acknowledge and thank The Nature Conservancy for making this possible. High priority weeds project 8 On the topic of fire, a huge thanks to the South Cape York Catchment project 9 Balnggarrawarra Gaarraay Traditional Owners who Our Cape York Kids 10 welcomed the 2017 Indigenous Fire Workshop to Melsonby earlier in July. The event was a huge Improving ground cover and 11 success, with over 100 supporters coming from Cape resilience on Normanby Station York and across the country. Low Stress Stock Handling workshop 12 Hot fires cause severe damage every year on Cape York Photo: Barry Lyon This issue talks about various current topics that at Crocodile Station Fire is undoubtedly one of the most important two or three people and limited equipment are link with conservation. Conservation goes together Around the Cape 13 factors influencing the health of the country, available to deal with inevitably very large fires. with every other industry across the region, and ‘Gateway to the Cape’ competition 14 economic viability, and the cultural values of Cape York NRM is supporting improved fire no-one is a better conservationist than a pro-active, Cape York. responsible land manager. To be able to continue to RLF state meeting in Cooktown 15 management across the Cape with a range of Indigenous people have supported biodiversity initiatives. One of these is the development of carry out and implement our projects around healthy How to use less fertiliser 16 soils and waterways, fire management, threatened with knowledge-based fires for thousands of ‘Fire Management Clusters’ of neighbouring species, biodiversity and livelihoods, we must thank Cape York NRM Director transitions 17 years, but wild fires can be very damaging. properties. The approach is that managers the Queensland Government and the Australian Workshops for the Cape’s NRM 18 Wild fires mean that ecosystems are injured from cluster properties would meet and work Government. Without their consistent investment priorities and may be significantly changed, graziers lose collaboratively in reviewing fire histories and into research, and into addressing challenges on issues; planning and burning operations; and Do your bit to save endangered sea 19 pasture and stock, and erosion and sediment land and in water, our beautiful region would suffer response to wildfires. Sharing of knowledge, and and land managers would be facing even more turtles run-off can badly affect even the Great Barrier Reef. People managing their property as part of a operating a communications network for wild fire challenges. With climate change becoming a very alerts and surveillance for arsonists, are also key real experience, Cape York NRM needs to remain fire carbon farming project also suffer significant ‘One in a thousand’ economic loss. roles of the clusters proactive and strong; we need to teach, learn from WCTTAA documentary screenings others, and share knowledge and experiences to help Funding from the National Landcare Programme, Napranum - Monday 18 Sep 5:30pm Recently there has been a resurgence in each other succeed on the land. Queensland Regional Natural Resource Management Susie Madua Conference Centre traditional burning practices on Cape York. Investment Program, and The Nature Conservancy is Check out our range of current and previous projects Mapoon - Tuesday 19 Sep 6:00pm This, along with the management of fire savvy enabling this important work. on the website www.capeyorknrm.com.au or follow Mapoon Community Centre graziers, Rangers, and other land managers, has our updates on Facebook and Twitter @capeyorknrm. Kowanyama - Tuesday 26 Sep 5:30pm seen big improvements in ecologically sound fire Multipurpose Centre management, typically patchy in nature. Pormpuraaw - Tuesday 10 Oct 10am The downside has been the continuation and Community Hall probable increase in wildfires lit by arsonists. NPARC / Apudthama - Thursday 12 Oct Because of its remoteness and sparse Cooktown - Thursday 26 Oct 6.30 pm population, Cape York people have a very limited Emma Jackson PCYC Events Centre capacity to contain such fires. During a recent Chairperson Cairns - Wednesday 29 November wildfire event in southern Queensland, it was Primary Industries Director telling that, even with 20 fire crews and aircraft attending, the fire still posed huge problems. Within this newsletter Cape York Natural Resource Management is shortened to Cape York NRM On many Cape York properties, sometimes just Good patchy burn Photo: Barry Lyon Page 2 Page 3 Recycling rubbish and marine debris on Cape York Saving Balclutha Nature Reserve Spring by Jane Thomas, Science Communicator, NESP - Northern Australia Environmental Resources Hub A culturally significant spring impacted by feral pigs Bamaga Mapoon township QLD Mapoon Aboriginal Shire Lockhart River Weipa township Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Freshwater rivers and creeks in northern said. Australia support incredible biodiversity and Secretary of the Wunthulpu Aboriginal Land Trust, Mr Pormpuraaw cultural values. However, these values are at township Billy Pratt, has been delighted with the outcomes of threat because of land use change, including Cooktown the project so far. Mr Pratt said that the work follows Marine debris littering very remote beaches in agricultural development, road construction, an earlier project in 2000. mining, grazing, along with water resource the Lockhart River region, Cape York Peninsula N Photo: Heidi Taylor, Tangaroa Blue 0 100 km development. “There are many things to still do, but completing the survey of the spring was an important first step in The introduction of feral pigs (Sus scrofa) in northern Many Cape York Peninsula (CYP) communities are Despite these challenges, clean-up efforts by the three restoring country” Mr Pratt said. “We hope to begin Australia has also caused broad-scale negative growing in size, receiving increasing numbers of communities have substantially reduced the amount installing feral pig fencing this year during the dry impacts on coastal wetlands, namely water quality, visitors, and dealing with increasing marine debris of beach debris.
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