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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.

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

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.

Harmful algal bloom detected in Port River
08 July 2025
The harmful algal bloom affecting South Australia’s coastline has been detected in the Port River.

Re-snagging at Banrock Station
04 July 2025

More red-tailed phascogales released as tenacious marsupial bounces back from the brink of extinction
04 July 2025
A new batch of 30 young phascogales, the feisty carnivorous marsupial on the brink of extinction, have been released into the Gawler Ranges ahead of breeding season.

Roam the Ranges this July
01 July 2025
The Ikara-Flinders Ranges is the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) park of the month with July offering double the fun as it coincides with NAIDOC Week (6 -13 July) and the school holidays.

Tests to reveal extent of harmful algal bloom
01 July 2025
The state government is conducting further tests to determine if the algal bloom affecting South Australia’s coastline has entered West Lakes and parts of the Port River.

Significant expansion of the Warrenben Conservation Park on Yorke Peninsula
30 June 2025
Villawood Properties has gifted almost 1000 hectares of ecologically significant land to the Warrenben Conservation Park located on Narungga country on the south-east Yorke Peninsula, 12 km north-east of Marion Bay.

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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.