Aurukun

Logo of the Aak Puul Ngantam ranger service
Ranger team
APN Aurukun Rangers
Host organisation
Aak Puul Ngantam (APN) Cape York

The rangers at Aak Puul Ngantum maintain and conserve the environmental diversity of the area.

Some recent achievements include:

  • controlled burns conducted across an extensive area  of country
  • fauna surveys
  • development of a fire management plan, which includes training and on-ground activities
  • visits to Aurukun School as part of the Junior Ranger Program
  • feral animal aerial surveys and  eradication of 1100 feral pigs in 2015 by aerial shooting
  • turtle nest monitoring.

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