Natural Resources Eyre Peninsula in conjunction with Peri Coleman from Delta Environmental Consulting are raising the profile of Nationally Threatened Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh by hosting a series of talks held in Whyalla, Cowell and Kellidie Bay.
Be inspired to help the threatened Whibley Wattle this Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday, 1 March by helping to collect rubbish from a population of Whibley Wattle near Tumby Bay.
Landholders from Western and Central Eyre Peninsula can collect free fox baits from Natural Resources Eyre Peninsula at local distribution days from now until March 10.
EP farmers keen to address acidifying paddock soils are invited to register for workshops in Cleve and Cummins as part of the EP Farming Acid Soils Champions program.
A heightened emphasis on healthy paddock soils, new opportunities for supporting First Nations culture on country, community nominated coastal management projects and new native gardens are just some of many small projects to be given the go ahead through the most recent round of grant funding from the Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management Board.
Thousands of hungry Cochineal scale insects have been released by Natural Resources Officers at seven Opuntia cactus outbreak sites near Cleve, Cowell and Kimba, with a strong focus on the Birds-eye Hwy section between Cleve and Cowell, to curb the spread of invasive and introduced prickly Opuntia plants. The release is part of the Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management Board’s targeted biological control program primarily concentrating on the Indian fig, but also effective against multiple Opuntia species including the common prickly pear and wheel cactus, on eastern Eyre Peninsula.