Bushfire recovery news
Blackened and burnt trees and shrubs throughout two conservation parks devastated in the Cudlee Creek fires have begun re-sprouting following recent rains.
Flinders Chase National Park, located on bushfire-ravaged western-end of Kangaroo Island, will be open soon for guided tours once the area has been declared safe.
The recent fires, particularly on Kangaroo Island, are of such a magnitude that members of the community are eager to assist our wildlife.
South Australia’s recent bushfires have burnt over 90,000 hectares of national park land resulting in the closure of multiple parks on Kangaroo Island and Adelaide Hills until future notice.
Sixteen more koalas have been translocated from bushfire-ravaged Kangaroo Island and will be housed at Cleland Wildlife Park to add to the recently established disease-free insurance population.