TDC Ranger Contracts

Current Contracts, Agreements and Grants

Details

WoC – Working on Country

Commonwealth government funded contract until 2020.  Indigenous Ranger Program providing employment for local people, training and development, funding for assets and operations of work in taking care of land and sea country and culture.

NT Fisheries

Annual contract for conducting Fisheries patrols along coastline and providing formal reports and documentation of any activities on water.  Also support Fisheries research and participate in trainings.

NAQS – Northern Australian Quarantine Service

Annual contract with Department of Agriculture. Rangers conduct surveys and surveillance of food plants, domestic animal populations and pest populations, often taking tissue/blood samples to check for diseases.

TNRM – Territory Natural Resource Management

Technical and regional support in fire management, weeds and feral animal controls.  Access to annual grants for land management activities.

Ranger Cadets

Working with the school to teach youth the importance of culture and country through joint  activities of litter reduction and education, cultural education and language preservation, weeds and pest animals, conservation etc.

ENI Gas facility

Fee-for-service contract involving works and surveys for the ENI gas plant. Includes weekly bore water monitoring, monthly offshore monitoring, monthly weed monitoring, seasonal turtle monitoring, seasonal fire management and control, and other training and community support.

Norforce

Fee-for-service work involving monthly maintenance of the Norforce compound in Wadeye township.

West Daly Shire

Fee-for-service contract to support weed control and management in and around Shire boundaries and assets.