02 March 2022
To celebrate World Wildlife Day on 3 March we’re putting the spotlight on work being done by landscape boards and their amazing partners to conserve threatened native fauna across South Australia.
22 February 2022
The translocated Flinders Ranges Purple-spotted Gudgeons are well on the way to establishing populations in their new homes.
27 January 2022
The chairs of South Australia’s nine landscape boards have made a strong commitment to reconciliation and to strengthening partnerships with First Nations across the state by signing an historic ‘Statement of Commitment'
14 January 2022
A Southern Flinders Ranges project that brought together a wide range of partners to educate the community and develop innovative ideas to achieve on-ground biodiversity outcomes has received the inaugural Landscape SA Excellence Award.
17 December 2021
Find out about ground and aerial baiting, trapper training, dog control efforts and new Landscape SA Regulations for baiting of wild dogs.
17 December 2021
Up to eight road trains are needed to deliver fencing materials to rebuild each new stage of the South Australian Dog Fence. Already 310km of fencing has been completed, another 460km is underway and approvals have been completed for sections of fence at Moolawatana (129km) and Wertaloona (70km).
17 December 2021
A Water Accounting Advisory Group has met for the first time to review and identify potential groundwater accounting options suitable for the Far North Prescribed Wells Area. Comprised of pastoralists and property managers, board members and staff from the SA Arid Lands Landscape Board and the Department for Environment and Water (DEW), the group will meet regularly to investigate water accounting options.
17 December 2021
The first good rains at Coongie Lakes near Innamincka in a number of years have resulted in the early recovery of Acacia salicina, Eura Emubush, Plumbush and Bean trees around many waterholes in the Coongie Lakes Ramsar area.
17 December 2021
Understanding the social drivers towards wildlife management decisions are critical for land managers and often pose challenges relating to ecological, social, cultural and economic issues. A new survey being undertaken by Bush Heritage and RMIT University is looking to investigate the attitudes of residents across the arid rangelands.
17 December 2021
Landscape Groups across the region took part in District Action Planning during October and November, setting local priorities for landscape management and planning group activities for coming years. All plans being developed identify the key issues and opportunities for each district, priority actions for the group, and show how the group’s work aligns and contributes to the strategic priorities for the SA Arid Lands Landscape Board, as outlined in the board’s Regional Landscape Plan.