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Deep Creek is Park of the Month for June

29/05/2020

The opportunity to immerse yourself in nature and to experience native wildlife like western grey kangaroos, short beaked echidnas, 100s of species of birds as well as the odd passing whale makes Deep Creek Conservation Park a must-visit destination.

Glenthorne National Park - Ityamaiitpinna Yarta officially proclaimed

28/05/2020

A new national park in Adelaide’s southern suburbs was officially proclaimed today with the State Government formally establishing the Glenthorne National Park - Ityamaiitpinna Yarta.

Glenelg confirmed for metropolitan native shellfish reef

28/05/2020

South Australia’s first metropolitan native shellfish reef will be built off Glenelg Beach following an announcement made today.

Environmental watering works

27/05/2020

Can the environment recover from devastating events such as the Millennium Drought?

Cockatoo chicks hatch in burnt KI bush

26/05/2020

Glossy black-cockatoo chicks have hatched in amongst burnt bush on Kangaroo Island, boosting hopes the endangered species can be saved from extinction.

Big boost for nature-based tourism in South Australia

25/05/2020

Nature-based tourism in South Australia will be turbocharged with the launch of a $5 million co-investment fund to fast track recovery after coronavirus restrictions and bushfires have devastated much of the state.

Quolls and possums survive remarkably well in the Flinders

25/05/2020

Western Quoll (Idnya) and Brushtail Possum (Virida) populations reintroduced into South Australia’s Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park have successfully endured three years of drought and continual cat and fox predation.

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The Department for Environment and Water 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.

The Department works in partnership with the First Peoples of South Australia and supports their Nations to take a leading role in caring for their Country.