Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of our recent Conservation Conversations. Your presence and participation were invaluable. If you were unable to attend or watch live online, you can catch up on the evening's conversations via the recording below.

The Pale Sun-moth (Synemon selene), a species last recorded in South Australia in 1948 and considered locally extinct, was rediscovered in 2018 by SA Museum staff near Peterborough, in the state's mid-north. This significant rediscovery occurred in an uncropped native grassland, home to a resident population of endangered Pygmy Bluetongue lizards (Tiliqua adelaidensis).

We were overwhelmed by the generosity of Officeworks staff and customers during June's Make a Difference Appeal, with the 10 stores across South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales who were supporting Nature Foundation raising $20,518 which will go directly towards our Kids on Country™ Junior Ranger Program!

Nature Foundation is proud to have partnered with the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions (CISS) to participate in the national WeedRemeed™ project, utilising drones to capture images of native plant and weed species. The technology then uses advanced colour picking — Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to identify and locate important native plants and weed species.

We are pleased to share that thanks to your fundraising efforts through our 2024 Vital Work Appeal, the causeway at Watchalunga has been repaired, returning access to the southern part of the reserve.

Before its acquisition by Nature Foundation and establishment as a nature reserve in 2014, Watchalunga was used as farmland for grazing cows. Previous owners had constructed a simple causeway across the water passage to allow access to the southern section of the property.