The Tiliqua Lizard Crawl was held on Threatened Species Day at the Nature Foundation Tiliqua Nature Reserve near Burra. Sixty people participated in the 'citizen science' day supporting research into the endangered Pygmy Bluetongue Lizard being conducted by Professor Michael Bull and researchers from Flinders University.
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Monday 20th January 2014
The Australian Conservation Foundation has played down fears the Government's sale of water back to farmers will hurt the environment.
Monday 20th January 2014
The Australian Conservation Foundation has played down fears the Government's sale of water back to farmers will hurt the environment.
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As the smoke from South Australia's devastating bushfires begins to clear, and the CFS continues to damp down the blazes, a fuller picture of their vast financial impact has started to emerge.
South Australians are experiencing the impacts of a changing climate with temperatures continuing to be off the charts, says the state's peak environmental organisation.
Dr Barbara Hardy AO (Nature Foundation SA co-founder and Patron) has been announced 2014 SA Senior Australian of the Year in the Australian of the Year Awards.
The Rotary Club of Bordertown has fundraised $1000 to assist in planting trees at the Bordertown Wildlife Park.
As the smoke from South Australia's devastating bushfires begins to clear, and the CFS continues to damp down the blazes, a fuller picture of their vast financial impact has started to emerge.
www.conservationsa.org.au
A project investigating a green energy alternative for Port Augusta and Leigh Creek has been awarded more than $130,000 in the final grant under the State Government’s Enterprise Zone Fund – Upper Spencer Gulf and Outback.
On Tuesday 14th January a grassfire ravaged through the property of staff member David Hein at Palamana (near Murray Bridge) destroying and damaging Trees For Life's Direct seeding equipment and a large amount of native seed drying in the hothouse.
One of the world’s most famous shark attack survivors and marine advocates Rodney Fox will become an honorary ambassador for South Australia’s marine park network.
MONDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER 2013
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The Coalition has defended its plan to slow spending on the Murray-Darling Basin water buyback scheme, spreading the funds over six years instead of four.
An action plan to develop and expand South Australia’s food and wine industry, locally, interstate and in key markets overseas has been released.
Researchers will try to teach native animals to fear feral predators in the outback.
National action plan launched against wild dogs
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The Coalition has defended its plan to slow spending on the Murray-Darling Basin water buyback scheme, spreading the funds over six years instead of four.
A South Australian man has been convicted and fined $2,000 for riding his jet ski too close to a protected species of whale.
The 'River Murray and associated wetlands, floodplains and groundwater systems, from the junction with the Darling River to the sea' has been listed as acritically endangered ecological community.
Nearly 700 hectares of wetlands at Banrock Station are being artificially flooded. It is the first time in five years the area near Kingston-on-Murray has seen flooding.
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.
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.
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.
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
Native Seedlings now available for sale from 50c each
Despite political uncertainty, the latest research indicates that Australia has managed to reduce greenhouse emissions levels to zero growth over the past decade.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
WEDNESDAY, 12th JUNE 2013
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The State Budget has ignored climate change and the environment, according to the Conservation Council of South Australia, the state's peak body for conservation.
A decision on whether a proposed wind farm between the Barossa Valley and Mid Murray regions will go ahead is now with the Planning Minister.
Great Australian Bight Marine Park is now closed for all boats due to the start of the southern right whale breeding season.
Nature Foundation SA's annual Walk for Nature is held in the Mount Lofty Ranges, meandering along the Heysen Trail through Mount George Conservation Park. Check out the video from last year.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The State Budget has ignored climate change and the environment, according to the Conservation Council of South Australia, the state's peak body for conservation.
While the rest of the world is looking at ways to stop waste, the South Australian Goverment is closing down Zero Waste SA, the award winning, world leader in waste reduction, based here in South Australia.
It was the South Australian town Tony Abbott warned would be wiped out by the carbon tax. But almost a year since the tax began, it's Whyalla's renewable energy plans that's taken a hit, with the Commonwealth withdrawing funding for a solar thermal power plant.
A group of Port Augusta residents will today make their case before a South Australian Government enquiry for the building of a solar thermal plant in the city.
South Australia's rural landscape is on the brink of massive change as the world scrambles for new sources of petroleum. And with an estimated 396 trillion cubic feet of natural gas sitting untapped beneath the surface, the State Government is eager to deliver.
The South Australian Government says it is only days away from signing up to a funding agreement for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
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Figures in a government report show the Green Triangle region has reduced its dependence on the forestry industry for employment.
A new daily passenger ferry service for Kangaroo Island is planned to start late next year. The Makris Group, headed by property developer Con Makris, has been planning the new ferry service from Glenelg to Kingscote for several years and has engaged Caj Amadio as project co-ordinator.
A new daily passenger ferry service for Kangaroo Island is planned to start late next year. The Makris Group, headed by property developer Con Makris, has been planning the new ferry service from Glenelg to Kingscote for several years and has engaged Caj Amadio as project co-ordinator.
Monarto Zoo is pleased to announce it has one male and two female lion cubs, which was confirmed during the cubs' first vet check on the morning of Wednesday 5 June.
An area almost 80 times the size of the Melbourne Cricket Ground will be planted with native seedlings, shrubs, and grasses in one of Australia’s most important wetlands during the next three months. The plantings are underway in South Australia’s iconic Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth region.
www.environment.sa.gov.au
Bianca Amato, Arid Recovery intern, writes about her thoughts on Australia’s current conservation crisis.
Bianca Amato, Arid Recovery intern, writes about her thoughts on Australia’s current conservation crisis.
Nature Foundation SA's annual Walk for Nature is held in the Mount Lofty Ranges, meandering along the Heysen Trail through Mount George Conservation Park. Check out the video from last year.
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Friends of Para Wirra Recreation Park - Join the Friends for a morning of weeding followed by lunch then settle in for a talk. Saturday June 15th meet at 9am, shared lunch 12pm, talk to follow at 1pm.
Friends of Para Wirra Recreation Park - Join the Friends for a morning of weeding followed by lunch then settle in for a talk. Saturday June 15th meet at 9am, shared lunch 12pm, talk to follow at 1pm.
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