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Clearance guidelines

The guidelines and factsheets below provide advice on the clearance of native vegetation under specific circumstances.

DENR and the Native Vegetation Council also provide a guide to the Native Vegetation Regulations 2003 (992kb pdf) to help clarify issues related to the clearance of native vegetation.

Agriculture

• Existing Native Vegetation Regulations dealing with Agriculture (48kb pdf).

Bushfires

The South Australian Country Fire Service (CFS) provides information about how to manage native vegetation to protect your home and property against bushfire risks.

• CFS Native Vegetation Management rules and fact sheets
• CFS Native Vegetation Management Frequently Asked Questions

Construction and development

• Clearing native vegetation to build a house or other associated structure (80kb pdf)
• Native vegetation and land division for housing (48kb pdf)
• Existing Native Vegetation Regulations dealing with Housing and Development (63kb pdf).

Dams

• Native Vegetation, Dam Maintenance and Construction (46kb pdf).

Mining

• Guidelines for a Native Vegetation Significant Environmental Benefit Policy for the clearance of native vegetation associated with the minerals and petroleum industry (862kb pdf).

Roadsides

• The guidelines for native vegetation along roadsides are currently under review, contact DENR's Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Management Unit on (+61 8) 8303 9777 or nvc@sa.gov.au

Vineyards

• Best Management Practice for Tress in Vineyards (264kb pdf).

Specific species and circumstances

• Dead trees as native vegetation (990kb pdf)
• Assessing the Value of Scattered Native Trees (212kb pdf)
• Guidelines for a native vegetation Significant Environmental Benefit policy for the clearance of scattered trees (488kb pdf)
• Clearance of all forms of Acacia longifolia (328kb pdf)
• Clearance of Box Mistletoe (Amyema miquelii) (491kb pdf)
• Clearance of Common Reeds (Phragmites australis) and Bulrushes (Typha domingensis) (117kb pdf)
• Clearance of Water Milfoil (Myriophyllum salsugineum) and associated water plants (148kb pdf)
• Clearance of Native Vegetation associated with the Control of Plant and Animal Pests (46kb pdf)
• Existing Native Vegetation Regulations dealing with Environmental Issues (42kb pdf).

For further information contact DENR's Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Management Unit on (+61 8) 8303 9777 or nvc@sa.gov.au