The Muru-Warinyi Ankkul Rangers are based at Tennant Creek in the Barkly region. They work in partnership with local traditional owners, pastoralists and the Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory to ensure sustainable land management outcomes. Their name is translated from Warumungu and means ‘from the bush’.
The rangers undertake important land and cultural management activities such as:
- conservation fire management
- maintaining visitor facilities at Kunjarra (Devil’s Pebbles)
- controlling weeds around cultural sites, waterways and biodiversity ‘hot spots’
- mapping threatened species such as the mulgara, marsupial mole and bilby.
The rangers also run youth and community engagement projects with Barkly College, Tennant Creek Primary School and regional youth-at-risk programs. These projects connect school-age youth with traditional owners and include cultural learning trips on country.
The Muru-Warinyi Ankkul Rangers have also conducted successful cost recovery work for small mining companies. In 2015 they were successful in securing a contract to manage the Karlu Karlu (Devils Marbles) Conservation Reserve campground.
State: NT - Central Australian region
Administration Organisation
Central Land Council