Bushfire recovery news

A Kan­ga­roo Island koala count using drones, infrared cam­eras and arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence is under­way to bet­ter under­stand the remain­ing pop­u­la­tion fol­low­ing the sum­mer bushfires.

Land­hold­ers, com­mu­ni­ty groups and researchers can now apply for bush­fire recov­ery grants of up to $50,000 to help re-estab­lish native habi­tat and sup­port threat­ened and vul­ner­a­ble native ani­mals in South Australia. 

You can sup­port South Australia’s bush­fire recov­ery effort from home, on your mobile or lap­top, by help­ing to iden­ti­fy wildlife cap­tured on-cam­era in unburnt patch­es of Kan­ga­roo Island’s parks. 

Envi­ron­men­tal recov­ery after the summer’s bush­fires has been giv­en a boost with the appoint­ment of mem­bers for the Wildlife and Habi­tat Bush­fire Recov­ery Taskforce.

Work is under­way to sup­port the recov­ery of Kan­ga­roo Island wildlife fol­low­ing the sum­mer bush­fires, rang­ing from on-ground rapid assess­ment sur­veys to the man­age­ment of fer­al cats and pigs on the island.