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South Aus­tralia has a new nation­al park with Nilpe­na Edi­acara Nation­al Park offi­cial­ly pro­claimed – it will replace the exist­ing Edi­acara Con­ser­va­tion Park and add near­ly 60,000 hectares of extra pro­tect­ed land. 

Two new projects are set to shine a spot­light on the state’s spec­tac­u­lar South­ern Flinders Ranges fol­low­ing design con­tracts being award­ed to South Aus­tralian companies.

Two South Aus­tralian nation­al parks will ben­e­fit from the lat­est round of the Aus­tralian Her­itage Grants Pro­gram, with Dal­housie Springs in Witji­ra Nation­al Park and Nara­coorte Caves Nation­al Park receiv­ing funds.

One of Adelaide’s last remain­ing coastal fresh­wa­ter and estu­ar­ine lagoon sys­tems is one step clos­er to becom­ing a pro­tect­ed area, fol­low­ing a trans­fer of land from SA Water to the Min­is­ter for Envi­ron­ment and Water.

Recent rains have sig­nalled the end of a record-break­ing year of pre­scribed burns for South Aus­tralia with The Nation­al Parks and Wildlife Ser­vice (NPWS) suc­cess­ful­ly com­plet­ing 49 pre­scribed burns this autumn, mak­ing it a record 96 for the year and a 53 per cent increase from the ²⁰¹⁹⁄₂₀ season.