Environment SA News archive

DEW staff assisting with North American wildfires
08 August 2018
Two fire specialists from the Department for Environment and Water have joined contingents from Australia and New Zealand travelling to North America to help fight wildfires in California and British Columbia.

State Government begins NRM reform
24 July 2018
The State Government’s significant reform of natural resource management is underway.

Mallee emu-wrens return to South Australia
20 July 2018
The future of the nationally endangered Mallee emu-wren looks a little brighter after 40 of these small birds were recently brought back to SA.

South Australia’s earliest shipwreck discovered in Encounter Bay
18 July 2018
Maritime heritage experts have made the exciting discovery of South Australia’s earliest recorded shipwreck in Encounter Bay.

Forty years of aerial kangaroo surveys
17 July 2018
The annual aerial kangaroo survey has been carried out again this year, for the 40th time since its inception in 1978.

Camping opens at Para Wirra Conservation Park
17 July 2018
Camping is now an option at Para Wirra Conservation Park in Adelaide’s northern hills.

$950,000 upgrade for Berri river waste station
17 July 2018
The Berri River Vessel Waste Disposal Station, which serves boats on the River Murray, is undergoing a $950,000 upgrade.

Cleland koalas heading to the UK
15 July 2018
Koalas and wombats from Adelaide’s Cleland Wildlife Park travel to Longleat in England later this year to become international conservation ambassadors.

Kowaris hang on in far north-east SA
10 July 2018
Kowaris - a threatened native marsupial - are hanging on in South Australia, despite recent dry conditions.

Forty years of heritage protection in SA
06 July 2018
The law that protects South Australia’s natural and cultural heritage is 40 years old.