Improving the condition of the Yampi Sound and Surrounds Priority Place
Challenge
Yampi Sound and surrounds spans around 10 million hectares of north-west Kimberley land and sea Country, including more than 2,500 islands. Many islands act as safe havens for priority species, including species now extinct on the mainland.
The area’s threatened species, ecological communities and culturally significant land and sea values are under pressure from invasive species, including cats, black rats and cane toads, as well as human impacts such as illegal or inappropriate recreation, fishing, tourism and wildfire.
Solution
Rangelands NRM is supporting Indigenous-led efforts across the Yampi Sound and surrounds priority place to protect threatened species habitat and improve the condition of the landscape. Project actions include right-way fire management, educational signage to reduce wrong-way fire, debris removal from islands and coastlines, priority site assessment, feral herbivore control, habitat condition monitoring and support for First Nations leadership in threatened species recovery.
Impact
The project will help improve the condition of the Yampi Sound and surrounds priority place, protect threatened species habitat, reduce key threats from wildfire, feral herbivores and island debris, and strengthen culturally led land and sea management. It contributes to the recovery of species and communities including Northern Quoll, Golden Bandicoot, Far Eastern Curlew, Nabarlek, Wiliji / Black-flanked Rock-wallaby and Monsoon Vine Thickets.
Outcome
By June 2026, the project aims to increase First Nations leadership in threatened species recovery, manage 14,500 ha of Country through right-way fire actions, remove debris from 85 ha of targeted islands and coastlines, and undertake pest animal control across 27,400 ha of priority threatened species habitat.
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