A number of vital large-scale environmental projects including removing Tasmanian Blue Gum wildings on Kangaroo Island and a project to reverse the decline of bird numbers in the Mount Lofty Ranges have been funded. A total of seven projects will share in almost $5.5 million in State Government funding to deliver large-scale ecological projects across […]
The Hon Sussan Ley MP, Minister for the Environment
The Hon. David Spiers MP, SA Minister for Environment and Water
Native plant regeneration on Kangaroo Island will get a boost following the 2019/20 bushfires with team of volunteers joining the fight to uproot invasive Tasmanian Blue Gum seedlings or ‘wildlings’.
Many wildlings have been popping up amongst Kangaroo Island’s charred native vegetation that abuts commercial Tasmanian Blue Gum plantations, the majority of which were burnt out during the 2019-2020 Kangaroo Island bushfires.
Around 40 volunteers will be travelling to Kangaroo Island during July, led by the Nature Conservation Society of SA, Trees For Life and the Kangaroo Island Conservation Landholders Association.