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Prescribed burn media notifications
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Prescribed burn at Seal Bay Conservation Park
30 October 2025
A prescribed burn is planned at Seal Bay Conservation Park on Kangaroo Island on Friday and Saturday, weather conditions permitting.
Prescribed burn at Upper Sturt (cancelled)
30 October 2025
A prescribed burn is planned at Upper Sturt in the Adelaide Hills on Friday, weather conditions permitting.
Prescribed burn at Talisker Conservation Park
23 October 2025
A prescribed burn is planned at Talisker Conservation Park on the Fleurieu Peninsula on Friday, weather conditions permitting.
Prescribed burn at Bascombe Well Conservation Park
17 October 2025
A prescribed burn is planned at Bascombe Well Conservation Park on the Eyre Peninsula on Monday, weather conditions permitting.
Prescribed burn at Ngarkat Conservation Park
16 October 2025
A prescribed burn is planned at Ngarkat Conservation Park in the Murraylands on Friday, weather conditions permitting.
Prescribed burn at Kenneth Stirling Conservation Park
16 October 2025
A prescribed burn is planned at Kenneth Stirling Conservation Park in the Mount Lofty Ranges on Friday, weather conditions permitting.
Prescribed burn at D'Estrees Bay
15 October 2025
A prescribed burn is planned at D'Estrees Bay on Kangaroo Island on Thursday 16 October 2025, weather conditions permitting.
Prescribed burn at Heathfield
13 October 2025
A prescribed burn is planned at Heathfield Stone Reserve in the Mount Lofty Ranges on Tuesday 14 October 2025, weather conditions permitting.
Prescribed burn at Spring Mount Conservation Park
10 October 2025
A prescribed burn is planned at Spring Mount Conservation Park on the Fleurieu Peninsula on Monday and Tuesday, weather conditions permitting.
Prescribed burn at Mount Bold
08 October 2025
A prescribed burn is planned at SA Water’s Mount Bold Reservoir Reserve in the Mount Lofty Ranges on Thursday, weather conditions permitting.
Prescribed burn at Warren Conservation Park
03 October 2025
A prescribed burn is planned at Warren Conservation Park, 4km south of Williamstown, on Sunday, October 5, weather conditions permitting.
Prescribed burn on Kangaroo Island
03 October 2025
A prescribed burn is planned on private land at MacGillivray-Locketts Track, 4km west of D’Estrees Bay settlement on Kangaroo Island, on Saturday, October 4, weather conditions permitting.
Prescribed burn at Peebinga
03 October 2025
A prescribed burn is planned in the Peebinga township, 5km west of the Victorian border in South Australia’s Murraylands, on Tuesday, October 7, weather conditions permitting.
Prescribed burn at Ngarkat Conservation Park
04 September 2025
A prescribed burn is planned at Ngarkat Conservation Park in the Murraylands on Friday and Saturday, weather conditions permitting.
Prescribed burn at Bascombe Well Conservation Park
22 August 2025
A prescribed burn is planned at Bascombe Well Conservation Park on the Eyre Peninsula on Monday, weather conditions permitting.
Prescribed burn at Coromandel East
22 May 2025
A prescribed burn is planned at Coromandel East in the Adelaide Hills on Friday, weather conditions permitting.
Prescribed burn at Mary Seymour Conservation Park
22 May 2025
A prescribed burn is planned at Mary Seymour Conservation Park south west of Naracoorte on the Limestone Coast on Thursday 22 May 2025, weather conditions permitting.
Prescribed burn at Mylor
20 May 2025
A prescribed burn is planned at Mylor in the Adelaide Hills on Wednesday, weather conditions permitting.
Prescribed burn at Ngarkat Conservation Park
16 May 2025
A prescribed burn is planned at Ngarkat Conservation Park on Monday 19 May 2025, weather conditions permitting.
Prescribed burn at Mylor
16 May 2025
A prescribed burn is planned at Mylor in the Adelaide Hills on Monday, weather conditions permitting.
