SLIDE 1 LAND MANAGEMENT PEST ANIMALS & WEEDS
Eddie Madsen – Animal Management Worker WWASC
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- Wujal Wujal – water fall
- Eastern - Kuku Yalinji (Wujal Warra) people
People and culture
SLIDE 3 Wujal Wujal QLD Australia
- Boundary of Wet Tropics and Cape York
- Between Cooktown and Cape Tribulation
- Tropical climate – wet summers/dry winters
- 2 ½ metres rain per year
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- pioneers- tin miners, cedar getters
- Settled around 1880
- Farming- coffee, sugar, tea, pineapple, cattle
- Bloomfield River Mission
- 1980 Aboriginal Council
- 2004 Aboriginal Shire Council 2004
European history
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European history
SLIDE 6
- Land management
- Pest animals and weeds
Natural Asset Management
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Land management
Community and partnerships
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Land management
Fire management
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Land management
Grazing and past land use
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Land management
Straying stock
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Land management
Uncontrolled dumping
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Land management
Corridors and easements
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Land management
Disturbed areas
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Weed control
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Weed control
Weed spraying
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Weed control
Networking & partnerships
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Weed control
Making progress
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Weed control
Making progress
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Weed control
Follow up
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Animal management
SLIDE 21
Animal management
Roaming dogs (2008)
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Animal management
Roaming dogs
SLIDE 23 Animal management
Roaming dogs (2010)
- Vet visits every 4 months
- Adopting local laws for animal
management
- Registration and micro-chipping
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Animal management
Unwanted horses
SLIDE 25 Animal management
Unwanted horses
- Use lessons from the dog management program
- Consulting community (door to door)
SLIDE 26
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