AWC partnered with Territory Natural Resource Management (TRM), James Cook University, Gulf Savannah NRM, and Western Yalanji to trial conservation methods, including artificial dens for quolls, genetic research and controlled burn programs.

Karakamia is still open for public spotlight tours, where you can see small mammals such as the critically endangered woylie or brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata), tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii), quenda and common brushtail possum.

[11] This is a unique partnership between a working pastoral property and a conservation sanctuary to generate outcomes for both wildlife and cattle.

[11] The landscape here is typical of the Eastern Kimberley, dominated by Keep River sandstone formations with rocky gorges, lush riverside vegetation and expansive tropical savannah woodland.

[12] The Western River Refuge includes a 369-hectare feral predator-free fenced safe haven to protect the Kangaroo Island dunnart, as well as several other threatened species.