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MONDAY 29TH JULY 2013

 SOUTH AUSTRALIA

 MOUNT Gambier wildlife rescuer Jill Rowley says the issue of koalas being killed or injured in plantations has reached flashpoint and has called for independent regulation on the issue.
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The continual decline in penguin numbers along South Australia's coast has prompted one operator to stop tours. He says the numbers have dropped so dramatically at Kangaroo Island over recent years that he's been left with no choice, and the problem isn't just confined to the Island.

Despite political uncertainty, the latest research indicates that Australia has managed to reduce greenhouse emissions levels to zero growth over the past decade.

Conservation Council of South Australia Chief Executive Tim Kelly is calling whichever party wins government in the federal election to do more to start replacing Port Augusta's coal-fired power stations with a large-scale Concentrated Solar Thermal (CST) power plant with energy storage.

The last farmer on the Murray before the river meets the sea believes it is time for all states to get on board with the Intergovernmental Agreement which will fund the Basin Plan.

The scheduled 2014 revision of the Far North Prescribed Wells Area water allocation plan will benefit from new scientific research that shines a light on the Great Artesian Basin’s vast water resource and the ancient mound springs located along the western margin in South Australia.

A water monitoring system operated by the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board has been recognised with a High Commendation in the 2013 Smart Water Awards.

The Conservation Council South Australia welcomes The Greens' Connecting Clean Energy plan, and believes that their ideas can add value to the state's Renewable Energy Plan.

Commercial fisheries voluntary catch/effort reduction program begins

Branched broomrape quarantine restrictions in the Mallee have been lifted and a new best practice guide for controlling the parasitic weed has been released.

A volunteer ‘Plant-a-Feast' day at Anstey Hill Recreation Park (in May) hopes to give new-born Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo chicks an easier start in life.

Thursday, 1st August at 6 pm Citizen Science: Bringing Science into your back yard featuring Professor Chris Daniels Director, Barbara Hardy Institute and Presiding Member, Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges NRM Board 

The Natural History Society of South Australia has a great new website.

Native Seedlings now available for sale from 50c each


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TUESDAY 2nd JULY 2013


SOUTH AUSTRALIA

 South Australia has become the second state to sign up to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan Intergovernmental Agreement.

Parts of South Australia's Upper North has received record rainfall for the month of June.

PIRSA Fisheries and Aquaculture is extending the Port River Mud Cockle fishing closure for another year, in response to continuing concerns about the sustainability of local fish stocks.

From July, SA Water customers who are not able to be supplied with water from the River Murray will no longer pay the ‘Save the River Murray’ levy.

South Australians are becoming increasingly fed up that their views are ignored when it comes to planning in both urban and regional South Australia. In response to community anger, the government has agreed to review its planning framework.

Granite Island’s Penguin Centre has confirmed its staff have been forced to destroy eggs of rescued penguins for the past five years. The manager said it is heartbreaking, but her hands are tied by the restrictions of a government permit.

Two university scientists have released a report paper that identified there is little hope of saving roadside trees affected by the disorder known as Mundulla Yellows.

As numbers of whales along the Far West Coast continue to climb, avid whale watchers will be coming to the region to witness the annual migration.

With the winter weather well and truly here many people are enjoying curling up near a fire to keep warm but Natural Resources Eyre Peninsula are warning people to be careful where they are taking their wood from. They are urging the community to carefully consider where they source their fire wood from to minimise their impact on the environment.

The Eastern Eyre Peninsula continues its battle against Fountain Grass as it becomes a fast growing problem, this time taking control at Mangalo Creek. Control work targeting a large infestation of fountain grass in the area near Cleve has proved successful and has achieved almost total eradication of the pest plant.

Recently returned from 20 days exploring deep waters of the Bight – the first voyage supporting our recently announced science collaboration with BP and Marine Innovation Southern Australia

An Expert Panel on Planning Reform has been established to review the State's planning system, and in particular the Development Act.

The discovery of ancient fishes with rippling abdominal muscles shows that palaeontology still holds an important role in modern science, according to Flinders University’s Professor John Long.

District Council of Elliston are rejoicing after they were successful in obtaining funding from Round Four of the Regional Development Australia Fund for their Coastal Trail plan.

A group of Lyndoch Primary School year six and seven students have started a new Environment Project Group to learn and share their acquired knowledge with fellow students and the Lyndoch community from their time spent recycling, planting and growing.

Gaining a better understanding of how natural resources are managed on public lands was the purpose for the recent visit to Kangaroo Island National Parks by six Kangaroo Island NRM Board members.

The Office for Volunteers Youth Volunteer Scholarship Awards reward young South Australians, aged 25 years and under, who volunteer their time and talents to help others in the community.

Natural Resources SA Arid Lands is using the release of a new booklet to encourage land managers to utilise volunteer support for land management activities on their properties – and to send in ‘expressions of interest’ for using volunteers by 30 October.

JOINT GENERAL MEETING NCSSA & BSSA Thursday, 1st August at 6 pm Citizen Science: Bringing Science into your back yard featuring Professor Chris Daniels Director, Barbara Hardy Institute and Presiding Member, Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges NRM Board 

WITCHELINA WORKING BEE
Thursday 1st August – Monday 5th August
The second running of the working bee will allow visitors to view our unique arid land system on the property. Everyone will have the opportunity to participate in a host of conservation and maintenance upgrades organised by NFSA.


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