BIODIVERSITY ON PRIVATE LAND, NORTHERN & YORKE Survey

The project is to undertake surveys of fauna and flora in remnant vegetation on private land in the Southern Flinders Ranges,
southern Yorke Peninsula, and other priority areas in the Northern and Yorke NRM Region. The aim of the project is to support
landscape conservation and restoration of native fauna and flora habitat in the Northern & Yorke region. To achieve this we
need a better understanding of the species and habitat areas present on private land. We will then use this information to support and directly involve land owners/managers in active management of the natural biodiversity on their properties. The
project is based around groups of interested landholders in signifcant biodiversity areas of the region. Participation of
adjoining landholders will be encouraged, to achieve a landscape approach to habitat restoration and management. The
project will improve regional knowledge of native fauna and flora and contribute new data to the BDBSA database. It will also
develop the skills of DENR staff, NRM staff and land owners/managers in plant and animal identification, safe and ethical
animal trapping practises and animal handling techniques. Project started in 2010 and is ongoing. The BIODIVERSITY ON PRIVATE LAND, NORTHERN & YORKE Survey is part of the Biological Survey of South Australia Program which is a series of systematic surveys conducted across the state between 1971 and the present with the broad aim of providing a baseline inventory of South Australia's flora and fauna biodiversity.