April 19, 2018
The State Government has announced funding for four new positions at the Bunya Murri Rangers.
The Rangers are one of seven organisations in Queensland that will benefit from an $8.1 million funding boost for the Indigenous Land and Sea Rangers program.
Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch said the four new positions would help with landscape management and undertake various projects at Cattle Creek, Russell Park, the Bunya Mountains, Ban Ban Springs and in the North Burnett.
They will also improve the existing yarning circle adjacent to The Ration Shed at Cherbourg.
“The rangers’ focus will be on strengthening songlines across the Bunya landscape,” Ms Enoch said.
“Some of these projects include undertaking fencing and track upgrades at Cattle Creek, protecting grassland balds through weed and fire management throughout Russell Park and the National Park, undertaking fire management for unused stock routes and monitoring native grass establishment.”
The Bunya Peoples’ Aboriginal Corporation runs the Bunya Mountains Murri Rangers program in partnership with the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Western Downs Regional Council, the Department of Natural Resources and Mines and the Burnett Mary Regional Group.
It follows in the footsteps of the former Bunya Mountains Elders Council.
