Lots of things happening here!!!!

Wednesday 6th June. Last week here we had a 14 person Government Advisory Committee, of which Gary is a member, with various expertises represented, looking at the various management aspects on the Daly River.
On Monday two Land Cruisers, a trailer, and a team including a botanist, forensic scientist, two veterinaries, and a helicopter arrived from Australian Quarantine, and have now gone off towards the coast, with Wednesday nights camp to be South of Wadeye, to conduct a survey covering, noxious weeds, feral pest diseases etc. (carried by wild pigs, buffalo, wild dogs) Whilst carrying out the overall survey, they will also be upgrading the knowledge and skills of the Aboriginal Rangers in the remote areas whose tasks will include gathering specimen samples, conducting autopsies, and so on. Jeanette & I spoke with two of the women from Australian Quarantine collecting samples on the river bank of a rust that had been reported effecting a particular noxious weed. The hope is that some biological means of combating the weed might be developed from this “rust strain”.
The time allowed to achieve all these admirable aims in the survey ………three days!
Be interesting to speak with them Thursday on their return.
And next week the Fisheries Division of Primary Industries will be here re-checking on species in areas where they have been monitoring the fish habitat, and numbers of various fish species, which is another important project.