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Lyrup rebuild enhances floodplain connectivity
27 August 2025

$9 million for native vegetation restoration on private land to improve habitat and biodiversity
18 August 2025
Almost $9 million in grants are available to help farmers and other landholders in the Northern and Yorke, Hills and Fleurieu, SA Arid Lands and Eyre Peninsula to restore and enhance native vegetation on their properties.

Penguin program takes out 2025 South Australian Citizen Science Awards
11 August 2025
Two citizen science projects, one which focuses on little penguins and the other on mosquito-borne illnesses, have been announced as winners of the 2025 South Australian Citizen Science Awards.

Popular wetlands reopen as upgrades complete
11 August 2025
A $7.6 million project to improve the quality and availability of shorebird wetland habitat at Tolderol Game Reserve in South Australia is now complete, with the site to reopen to visitors.

Lend a hand, make a difference – August’s Park of the Month is all about volunteering
04 August 2025
This August, Park of the Month is not so much about the parks but about the people who care for them. August will highlight opportunities for would-be volunteers to roll up their sleeves and get a taste for volunteering.

Fisheries vessel inspects harmful algal bloom
22 July 2025
The State Government has also released new underwater footage captured by the patrol vessel Southern Ranger, which visited sites in the Gulf St Vincent.

SA algal bloom update
16 July 2025
A naturally occurring, harmful algal bloom is affecting parts of the South Australian coastline.

Huge expansion of Nilpena Ediacara National Park a boost to tourism and biodiversity
14 July 2025
Nilpena Ediacara National Park, South Australia’s newest national park, will expand by 26,000 hectares after the South Australian Government acquired the adjacent Nilpena Station.

Wetland restoration works reach major milestone
14 July 2025
An $11.69 million project to restore vital habitats on the Limestone Coast has hit a key milestone, boosting biodiversity and strengthening the region’s natural resilience.

Purple patch for endangered Flinders fish
11 July 2025
The critically endangered purple-spotted gudgeon is making an encouraging return to South Australia’s Far North as part of a project to increase its resilience to our changing climate.

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Acknowledgement of Country

Acknowledgement of Country

The state government acknowledges Aboriginal people as the First Peoples and Nations of the lands and waters we live and work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge and respect the deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to Country.

We work in partnership with the First Peoples of South Australia and support their Nations to take a leading role in caring for their Country.