Spring blossoms are already scenting the air and more days of sunshine keep popping up.
APA reporter Rhia Daniel headed to your south-eastern Park Lands last Saturday, to watch park-goers getting active as the weather warms.
CONTENTS
1. Editorial: From the President: The Movement to Stop the Chop Is Growing
2. Members are Ready for Battle: Park Lands Association Forum
3. Park Poetry - Flying foxes (Fruit Bats)
4. Pic of the Month – Dr Bird Nerd
5. Charles Sturt and Prospect Council Join the Campaign for Your Lands
6. The Pen Is Mightier than! 28,000 signatures and counting
7. The First Hints of Spring: Guided Walk Through Red Gum Park / Karra Wirra
8. OPINION: Time to Debunk Some Misinformation
9. SE City Residents Raise Concerns About Proposed MotoGP in the Park Lands
10. The Mosquito vs the Elephant: Save Festival Plaza Update
There is plenty of evidence about:
the importance of protecting mature trees, and any city’s tree canopy;
that South Australians want to see their Adelaide Park Lands protected;
that the international LIV Golf tour is financially unsustainable and on the brink of collapse.
Yet the State Government refuses to see.
Butterfly conservation advocates say a rare Chequered Copper Butterfly colony “will not survive” in Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16) if the State Government goes ahead with plans for a Grand Prix motorcycle circuit alongside its habitat.
No tree in your Adelaide Park Lands is significant enough to be safe from State Government plans to bulldoze Parks for temporary, elite FIFO sports events.
The Adelaide City Council is about to decide whether to protect, or allow an attack on this massive three hectare site within your Adelaide Park Lands.
Sending a few emails before next Tuesday is your chance to save dozens of trees, and get a different, better location for a proposed $135 million megalith aquatic and commercial centre.
The City of Adelaide has won a grant of $198,000 from the State Government’s “Green Adelaide” agency to restore Botanic Creek in your eastern Park Lands.
The three-year upgrade will include a focus on biodiversity, creating new habitat and natural spaces, while acknowledging Kaurna cultural connections.
After more than a year of campaigning, and more than 5,100 signatures on a petition, this month is when both the State Government and the City Council, might decide to embrace what you’ve said that you want: a win-win for swimmers and your Park Lands.
This month is your last opportunity to persuade them.
The Trees for Life “Regenerate” program is back under way again in your Adelaide Park Lands.
You can Regenerate bushland, and help Regenerate yourself and others, with regular opportunities for bushcare, exploration, citizen science and cultural awareness.
program, which has run since about 2016, is designed to support the mental health and wellbeing of its participants and assist local biodiversity.
Trees For Life was among four community groups to receive funding from the City of Adelaide in June.