News

Par­ents keen to keep their fam­i­ly busy, pro­duc­tive and con­nect­ed with nature dur­ing the coro­n­avirus pan­dem­ic can now access a new Junior Ranger activ­i­ty from the Nation­al Parks and Wildlife Ser­vice South Australia.

Boat­ies are remind­ed that the annu­al clo­sure of con­ser­va­tion zones in the Great Aus­tralian Bight Marine Park (Com­mon­wealth) and Far West Coast Marine Park (State) will begin in May mark­ing the start of the whale season.

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.

South Aus­tralians will once again be able to enjoy the icon­ic Hal­lett Cove Board­walk with the State Gov­ern­ment com­mit­ting $2.44 mil­lion to ensur­ing it is reopened safe­ly to the public.

There will be dou­ble the nor­mal num­ber of park rangers on duty this East­er to ensure the safe­ty of South Aus­tralians who vis­it a park to exer­cise and stay men­tal­ly and phys­i­cal­ly well in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.