Key achievements celebrated at the Western Cape Turtle Threat Abatement Alliance's (WCTTAA) annual post-nesting season meeting included the removal of more than 4500 feral pigs and the monitoring of nearly 4000 turtle nests, which have helped keep nest predation rates below sustainable levels and increased turtle hatching success. 

A search is on for endangered Spectacled Flying-foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) on Cape York.

More than 80 Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBCs), land trusts Aboriginal Corporations and ranger groups from across Cape York were invited to workshop together at Cape York Conversations: Pathways to Partnership in Cairns.

Planning is underway for a shared natural resource management ‘hub’ for land trusts or corporations, First Nations PBCs, and other interested organisations in Cooktown and from across Cape York Peninsula.

Cape York’s Western Cape Turtle Threat Abatement Alliance (WCTTAA) has won a national biosecurity award. The inaugural ‘First Nations Award for Excellence in Biosecurity’ was accepted by Cape York NRM’s WCTTAA Coordinator Dr Manuela Fischer and Napranum Ranger Shalika Wapau when it was presented by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry at the 2024 Biosecurity Awards ceremony in Canberra in November 2024.