At nearly 4000 hectares, Flinders Island is South Australia’s fourth largest island and is surrounded by the Investigator Group Marine Park protected area. It features 50 kilometres of diverse coastline and native vegetation covering about 75 per cent of the island, making it an ideal haven for some of our threatened species.
Landholders across Eyre Peninsula are encouraged to begin baiting for foxes now, with the Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board starting its annual fox bait distribution days.
A lower Eyre Peninsula landholder recently contacted us about an unknown plant on their property. With the help of our landscape officers, it was discovered that it’s South African Weed Orchid (Disa bracteata) - an environmental weed not previously reported on Eyre Peninsula.
Community consultation is now open for a revision of Eyre Peninsula’s water allocation plan, which regulates how water can be taken from the region’s prescribed groundwater resources and how much can be extracted.
A five-year project focusing on enhancing and restoring remnants of a critically endangered ecological community in western Eyre Peninsula is now underway.
The Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board is seeking feedback on a plan to provide a way forward for working collaboratively with Aboriginal communities on natural resource management.
Close to $130,000 will go towards landscape management projects on Eyre Peninsula, under the Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board’s Grassroots Grants program.