Stamping on pests
‘Can you stamp on all the pest animals?’ Along the interpretive rainforest walk beside Lake Eacham National Park, part of Queensland’s Wet Tropics World Heritage site, children are asked if they can...
View ArticleThis tree is out of place!
40 Mile Scrub National Park (40 miles west of Mt Garnet) in Far North Queensland is a quick morning tea break for travellers heading west toward the more popular nearby destination Undara Volcanic...
View ArticleCatching up with Rubber Vine
We finally catch up with rubber vine just west of Mt Surprise where the vast Gulf country intersects the westward march of the development road. With an odd sense of excitement Stephanie Toole and I...
View ArticleExpectations and openings in Mimosa Country
Fieldwork is never what you might expect or plan for. On my first day with Lesley Head in Daly River Northern Territory to discuss management of Mimosa pigra as part of our research project on ‘The...
View ArticleSound track: listening to fish tales of environmental flows
River impoundment or damming together with flow regulation is implicated in the global decline in ‘health’ of riparian aquatic environments and river biodiversity, but in Australia there is broad...
View ArticleEntangled invasive lives. Indigenous invasive plant management in northern...
In this video Jennifer Atchison (and Lesley Head) discuss their research on Indigenous invasive plant management in northern Australia. This presentation was delivered at the World Parks Congress held...
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