Thank you to everyone who attended Conservation Conversations this week, either online, or in-person at The Sanctuary at the Adelaide Zoo. We enjoyed a lively evening filled with conversations about conservation.

You can watch a recording of the presentation here.

Nature Foundation are proud to have partnered with the CSIRO on the research trial of a biocontrol agent aimed at tackling the invasive African Boxthorn.

In late May 2026, Nature Foundation volunteers joined Reserve Management staff for a five-day assignment at Hiltaba Nature Reserve on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula, on the traditional lands of the Gawler Ranges peoples from Barngarla, Kokatha, and Wirangu countries. The activity was part of our long-term efforts to restore habitat and return the 78,000-hectare former pastoral station to a healthier, more connected sanctuary for native wildlife by removing old internal fencing.

We have been actively monitoring the H5 Avian Influenza situation as it has spread globally, including now in Australia and South Australia. We are understandably concerned about bird flu and its impact on bird life. Our nature reserves enjoy high levels of bird diversity, particularly waterbirds and migratory birds at Murbpook and Watchalunga. Witchelina Nature Reserve is also experiencing significant numbers of water dependent and migratory birds in response to the high rainfall experienced earlier this year.

Goal 1 in Nature Foundation's Strategic Plan: Towards 2030 is "Increasing areas of habitat are conserved and enhanced for future generations", and we are tackling this from the macro to the micro scale.

Nature Foundation has been restoring the native grassland at Tiliqua since 2022, with a variety of Iron-grass (Lomandra multiflora ssp. dura, Lomandra densiflora, and Lomandra effusa), whose deep root systems help stabilise the soil. The plants also act as seed traps, which can support higher floral diversity.
A break in the wild early winter weather in mid-June provided the opportunity to add a further 300 Iron-grass and Kangaroo grass plants to the reserve, bringing the total planted since 2022 to 1,188.