Tag: environment

Carbon farming grows resilience

More than $600,000 will be awarded to projects helping to build the carbon farming market in South Australia, including several in the South East. Part...

Water allocation consultation

Following three years of review and consultation the draft Padthaway Water Allocation Plan is now open for a two-month public and community consultation period. Community...

Shorebirds project spreads wings

The Our Coorong | Our Coast project has been creating shorebird awareness through school communities with the establishment of the Limestone Coast Flock. This creative...

Healthy choice good for the environment

SA Water’s drinking fountain at Mount Gambier’s famed Blue Lake provided an impressive 15,000 litres of safe, clean drinking water in 2022 - helping...

Pest rabbit control efforts stepped up

The Limestone Coast Landscape Board will be releasing biological controls to help reduce rabbit numbers in isolated pockets across the region and support rabbit...

Farm plastic recycling drive

Animal health business Zoetis is working with Australian dairy farmers and veterinarians to contribute to a greener environment and help local communities. Zoetis has partnered...

Sustainability challenge

World leaders and policy makers met this month at the 2022 Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC summit, commonly known as COP27, in...

Landscape officers stop weeds at source

Inspections of nurseries and florists to begin in the Limestone Coast Limestone Coast Landscape Officers will inspect nurseries and florists in the region for compliance...

Tonnes of rubbish kept from water

Mount Gambier City council recently emptied 3.8 tonnes of rubbish from the Cave Gardens/Thugi Gross Pollutant Trap (GPT) filter. City Infrastructure general manager Barbara Cernovskis...

Students sink teeth into garden

Melaleuca Park Primary School Young Environmental Leader Program (YELP) students have been planting seeds of success, creating their own indigenous edible garden as part...

‘Hoodies’ nesting season optimistic

Last year, nesting season for the hooded plovers shared a positive trend in several regions including the Limestone Coast compared to previous years’ fledged...

Weeds spring up across Limestone Coast properties

With an increasingly wet, warm spring the Limestone Coast is seeing an increase in the prevalence of weeds. Limestone Coast Landscape Board Landscape Operations team...

Eyes in the sky target feral deer

Limestone Coast landowners are being invited to take part in a feral deer eradication program, after aerial monitoring to identify local populations. Earlier this year...

Feral deer a step closer to eradication

There were around 2000 feral deer shot in the Limestone Coast in the last financial year as part of a government-sanctioned culling program. The aerial...

City students learn from ancient culture

Alocal high school has been piloting an educational program inspired by the region’s First Nations seasonal calendar. The “Walking the Seasons” program aims to support...