Welcome to the Wet Tropics Management Authority’s eNews, and congratulations to all of the talented photographers who entered our Snap the Tropics photograph competition.
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Snap the Tropics Winners Announced
The Wet Tropics Management Authority is pleased to announce its Snap the Tropics photograph competition winners.
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Collaboration strong at Traditional Owners Forum
Representatives from 19 Aboriginal corporations representing the majority of the Wet Tropics region’s Rainforest Aboriginal groups attended the Rainforest Aboriginal Peoples Regional Workshop at Palm Cove in late October.
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Water mouse population revealed in Cairns
An elusive vulnerable mouse species has been recorded in Cairns for the first time.
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Research investigates Wet Tropics butterfly population
Student Research Grant recipient Hemchandranauth Sambhu visited the Wet Tropics Management Authority recently to share findings of his butterfly study and present a research poster.
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Tour Guide field school provides highlights
More than 20 tour guides and traditional owners attended the most recent Wet Tropics Tour Guide Field School at the Daintree’s Noah Creek Trails in October.
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Celebrating World Cassowary Day
The Wet Tropics Management Authority celebrated World Cassowary Day with a crowd of thousands at Fogarty Park in Cairns on Sunday 24 September.
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JCU: Wet Tropics critical for rock orchid
The Wet Tropics World Heritage area may become the last place in Queensland to see a native rock orchid growing in the wild, according to James Cook University research.
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Russett Park monitoring shows yellow crazy ants in decline
The Authority’s Yellow Crazy Ant Eradication team joined forces with the Kuranda Yellow Crazy Ant Taskforce to survey the eastern boundary of the Russett Park infestation on Saturday 14 October.
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Mount Peter yellow crazy ant eradication on track
Initial survey data from the Wet Tropics Management Authority’s Yellow Crazy Ant Eradication Program at Mount Peter has shown promising results.
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