KJ News
A glimpse into the life of the elusive wiminyji (northern quoll)
While performing camera checks and maintenance during a visit to wiminyji monitoring sites, our Parnngurr Rangers were excited to find remote sensor cameras had captured images of wiminyji.
Martu knowledge helps to solve mystery of Australian "fairy circles"
Exciting new research has shown Aboriginal knowledge to be critical to understanding the phenomenon of these circles.
Endangered Mulyamiji gets training spotlight
Over 26 people have come together for this year’s annual Threatened Species Workshop to share information on the endangered Mulyamiji (Great Desert Skink).
KJ selected as UNESCO Green Citizen
UNESCO choses KJ’s Waru (Fire) Program to include in their Green Citizens projects — the only one in Australia this year (so far)!
Detailing the life of the Mulyamitji
When rains fill the Warntili claypan, the landscape of the desert changes into an abundance of wildlife and activity — and the Parnngurr rangers have captured quite a lot of movement!
Martu protect culturally significant species
Two of KJ’s ranger teams are now managing populations of mulyamiji (Great Desert Skink, Liopholis kintorei) — a species culturally significant for Martu, endemic to the western half of Australia and nationally listed as a vulnerable species.
Martu rangers work alongside WA fire crews
KJ’s men and women rangers continue to build on 10-year-strong fire-management partnership developed with Wildlife Service WA (PWS) Swan Coastal District fire crew.
Jigalong rangers out burning and looking after pakaljarra
The lifting of coronavirus restrictions saw the Jigalong rangers head out near the Canning Stock Route for their annual fire and pakaljarra (Black-flanked Rock-wallaby) work.
Night Parrots found on Martu Country!
Martu rangers have successfully located the elusive Night Parrot in remote salt lake country in Western Australia. For two years, Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa’s ranger teams have been using sound recorders to search for the mysterious birds which are one of the rarest in the world. Experts from the University of Queensland have been assisting the search and, to the rangers’ delight, the hard work has finally paid off!
Indigenous Knowledge Helps Map Habitat for the Threatened Bilby
Australian scientists and indigenous rangers have devised a new method to incorporate indigenous knowledge about a threatened desert marsupial — the greater bilby — into predictive species distribution models.