From left, Murrandoo Yanner (CLCAC) Burke Shire Councillor, (back)
Jean Fenton NAILSMA Fire Project Officer, Julia Shadlow-Bath CEO
Southern Gulf Catchments NRM Group, Charles Curry SGC and Tim
McGuffog Rural Fire Services at the November meeting.
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In a November meeting it was agreed that a fire management field
officer will be funded to work in Doomadgee, Mornington Island and
the surrounding areas in January 2006.
'The Fire and Sustainable Communities in the North West Project' is
a collaborative partnership between Tropical Savannas Cooperative
Research Centre, Carpentaria Land Council, Southern Gulf Catchments
Ltd, the Department of Emergency Services (DES), Burke Shire
Council and NAILSMA.
The NLC has also provided some advice and expertise in developing
broader capacity in the region. The project will employ a field
officer to work with Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities and
pastoralists to prepare for coordinated burns in the 2006 dry
season.
Over the next two and a half years the project also aims to foster
relationships between traditional owners, NRM bodies and DES,
deliver training in fire management, emergency mitigation and
natural resource management.
The project will also enhance the sharing of knowledge and working
relationships between all partners involved in the project.
