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A record num­ber of cit­i­zen sci­en­tists have answered the call to assist in bush­fire recov­ery efforts for one of Kan­ga­roo Island’s most endan­gered species.

Fer­al pigs on Kan­ga­roo Island are being tar­get­ed with a $2.67 mil­lion high-inten­si­ty pro­gram aimed at curb­ing the pest’s destruc­tion on agri­cul­ture and the environment.

Boat­ies must be vig­i­lant this whale migra­tion sea­son and respect these mam­mals by keep­ing a safe dis­tance, unlike a boat­ie cap­tured on cam­era last week.

A life­time com­mit­ted to ecol­o­gy and the envi­ron­ment has seen Senior Ranger Erik Dahl recog­nised in the Queen’s Birth­day Hon­ours List with a Pub­lic Ser­vice Medal for out­stand­ing pub­lic ser­vice to nat­ur­al and cul­tur­al her­itage preser­va­tion and con­ser­va­tion in South Australia.

A male dol­phin named Namor at the Ade­laide Dol­phin Sanc­tu­ary (ADS) is in good phys­i­cal con­di­tion and feed­ing and behav­ing nor­mal­ly, despite the pres­ence of a lump on its side.