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Rescued koalas taken to new home at Cleland Wildlife Park

24/01/2020

With large amounts of wildlife habitat burnt on Kangaroo Island, the State Government has taken the unusual step of relocating 12 rescued koalas from the island to establish a disease-free population at Cleland Wildlife Park.

Wildlife recovery taskforce formed

24/01/2020

The State Government will establish a Wildlife and Habitat Recovery Taskforce to play a lead role in the environmental response to recent bushfires.

Keep biosecurity in mind when helping KI

23/01/2020

The community has been asked to remember the importance of biosecurity when supporting Kangaroo Island as it recovers from the impacts of recent bushfires.

Native fish recovery

21/01/2020

Native congolli are the most abundant small-bodied fish species in the Lower Lakes for the first time since surveys began in the mid-2000s.

Help select the location of South Australia’s next shellfish reef

20/01/2020

South Australians can now have their say on the location of South Australia’s new metropolitan shellfish reef which will boost fish numbers and create jobs.

Bushfire and recovery

17/01/2020

Fire is part of our ecology, but the recent fires on Kangaroo Island have burnt more vegetation than any fire on the island in almost a century.

Kangaroo Island’s iconic Seal Bay tourism site re-opens to the public

16/01/2020

Seal Bay – one of Kangaroo Island’s premier tourism destinations – has re-opened, after having to close due to the recent bushfire events.

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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.