Funding to Safeguard Threatened Species in Mareeba Shire
We’ve secured funding to protect some of the region’s most vulnerable species, including the northern bettong, northern quoll, yellow-bellied glider, and armoured mist frog.
Biodiversity at Home
Gulf Savannah NRM has been field-testing the effectiveness of easy-to-use survey methods to measure biodiversity on grazing properties. These techniques, and a few others out there, can help to reveal what lives in your own backyard.
Bag a Bream at Kids Fishing Day
We’re holding a free kids fishing day at Charleston Dam, Forsayth, on Saturday 21 September. The family-friendly community event includes giveaways of rods, tackle kits and crab pots, a prize for the biggest catch, and a free sausage sizzle.
Helping Rural Women Start Businesses
Since launching in 2017, Gulf Savannah NRM’s Bush Business Program has helped more than 20 female entrepreneurs from the Northern Gulf region turn their business ideas into reality.
Boosting Herd Profitability
We held a herd profitability workshop with Dr Geoffry Fordyce, a leading expert in grazing management and fertility, and we caught up with him for his top tips.
Mapping Region’s Worst Weeds
The initiative, led by Gulf Savannah NRM, aims to produce the region’s most up-to-date and accurate weed distribution analysis to support coordinated control activities.
Fire Smart Mareeba Shire
Our three-year Fire Smart Mareeba Shire project successfully built local capacity and resilience in responding to and mitigating bushfire risk in the region.
CEO Wins Regional Business Prize
Gulf Savannah NRM’s CEO, Zoe Williams, scooped the Manager in Business award at the 2024 Cairns Business Women’s Club Businesswoman of the Year Awards.
A Prickly Subject
Not all weeds need a helicopter to deal with them … but prickly acacia does!
Over the past several years, we’ve been gaining ground in tackling new and isolated prickly acacia incursions throughout the Northern Gulf region.
Big Data Grazing
FarmMap4D prides itself on providing world-class technology to the grazing rangelands of Australia. What some might not know is that it was born out of the heartland of the Northern Gulf region and the offices of our very own natural resource management group.