Four Western Cape Turtle Threat Abatement Alliance (WCTTAA) rangers have completed their aerial shooting accreditation, giving Indigenous ranger teams greater capacity to carry out feral animal control and protect marine turtles on Cape York Peninsula.

New exclusion fencing is protecting four culturally and ecologically significant wetlands on Cape York Peninsula. The wetlands are located on Kalpowar Station, Normanby Station and Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park.

A new exclusion fence is helping to protect endangered Golden-shouldered Parrots at Alice River Station. The fence keeps cattle out of sensitive nesting areas, improving habitat conditions for the parrots and protecting native grasses that provide a critical food source.

Invasive pests and weeds are putting increasing pressure on Cape York Peninsula’s wetlands, waterways and native vegetation, threatening ecological health and cultural values.

Our Cape York Wildfire Resilience project is well and truly underway, with early dry season burns now completed across more than 46,000 hectares on 12 properties. These planned burns are helping improve the resilience of native vegetation to destructive wildfires. Watch our video for a closer look at the project's first aerial early dry season burns.

We recently joined Conservation Partners at Artemis Station to observe nest monitoring for the endangered Golden-shouldered Parrot.

Cape York NRM staff are undertaking land condition surveys across the Cape, as part of a long-term program to monitor the health and resilience of the region’s landscapes.

Cape York Peninsula’s coastline and lowland regions support two of Australia’s most remarkable and fragile ecosystems: littoral rainforest and coastal vine thickets, and lowland tropical rainforest.

More than 50 people attended Reef Fest 2026 in Cooktown to learn about the diverse mix of programs helping to improve the health of Great Barrier Reef catchments on Cape York Peninsula.

Sustainable access to and use of water is essential for agriculture and food production on Cape York Peninsula. If you want to pump water for irrigation, aquaculture, horticulture or other commercial food production activities, you may require a water licence.

Kowanyama Land and Sea Rangers have completed an intensive course equipping them to build turtle nest protection cages.

The Eastern Forests of Far North Queensland stretch along the coast from Townsville to Cape Melville and include the globally significant Wet Tropics World Heritage Area.

We’ll be carrying out land condition surveys across the Cape between May and September. The information we collect helps track long-term changes in the region’s unique landscapes, particularly on grazing country. This year, we'll visit up to 132 legacy sites and staff will be contacting land managers soon to discuss the surveys in more detail.

Two land and sea ranger groups have learnt how to build turtle nest cages, a vital tool used by the Western Cape Turtle Threat Abatement Alliance (WCTTAA) to protect marine turtle eggs and nests from predators.

There’s a new one-stop hub for agricultural events and funding programs across Far North Queensland. Whether you're a cane farmer, grazier, banana grower or backyard producer, the FNQ Farmer Group calendar will help everyone stay up to date with current opportunities.

Invasive pests and weeds are putting increasing pressure on Cape York Peninsula’s wetlands, waterways and native vegetation, threatening ecological health and cultural values.

Ranger groups on Cape York Peninsula are “leading the way” in tackling key threats to endangered marine turtles, with new data highlighting the scale and impact of their work.

More than 20 local producers attended the launch of a new peer-to-peer group supporting sustainable agricultural enterprises on Cape York Peninsula.