NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) staff who lost their lives protecting the community and the environment have been remembered at a service in the Blue Mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 11 names on the NPWS Honour Roll were read in front of family, friends and colleagues at the NPWS memorial at George Phillips Lookout, near Govett\u2019s Leap in Blue Mountains National Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Special mention was made of the 25th<\/sup> anniversary of a hazard reduction burn in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, which claimed the lives of four staff members, seriously injured three others, and changed the way NPWS undertakes fire management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n World Ranger Day, held each year on 31 July, honours the people who dedicate their life\u2019s work to protecting our environment for future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This year\u2019s theme \u2013 Rangers, Powering Transformative Conservation \u2013 highlights the role rangers play as protectors of nature as well as partners in community-led conservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister for the Environment, Penny Sharpe:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur dedicated NPWS staff show courage and commitment every day, protecting and defending our natural environment and cultural heritage on behalf of the people of NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe honour those who have lost their lives in this pursuit and thank them for their service. We also acknowledge those injured at work, as well as those who mourn the loss of their friends and colleagues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTwenty-five years on from the tragedy at Mt Ku-ring-gai, we especially remember those staff, families and friends who were affected.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) staff who lost their lives protecting the community and the environment have been remembered at a service in the Blue Mountains. The 11 names on the NPWS Honour Roll were read in front of family, friends and colleagues at the NPWS memorial at George Phillips Lookout, near Govett\u2019s … Continue reading “Remembering NSW rangers on World Ranger Day”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34022,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34021\/revisions\/34022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}