Mapping skills in Wiradjuri Country
North East Wiradjuri Co (NEW Co) members Emma, Kelsey and Rob recently welcomed Mulloon’s Chris Inskeep and Dr Laura Fisher for a great mapping workshop in Kandos, Central West NSW. They day was spent exploring the many layers of the Capertee Valley interactive map such as soils, geology, hydrology and vegetation communities and demonstrating a range of free and user friendly apps such as:
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NEW Co are already working in the field with Garmin Montana units, and the day was partly about streamlining workflows, practicing how to import data to QGIS. The team took great advantage of Chris’ extensive knowledge!
It’s an exciting step in strengthening New Co’s capacity to scope, document and monitor the various heritage, cultural burning and water stewardship projects that are coming up in the area.
This event was part of the First Nations Water Skills Project, which is supported by the Australian Government through funding from the Climate-Smart Agriculture Program under the Natural Heritage Trust.
