Northern and Yorke has almost 1400 kilometres of spectacular coastline.
The ‘Yorke’ part, in particular, has a variety of scenery and a biodiversity that is turning it into one of the ‘must see’ road travel destinations of southern Australia.
As well as beaches and cliffs and sislands and surf and sandhills, the coastline and its estuaries has mangroves, tidal mudflats, samphire and saltmarsh. In the water itself are the sea meadows.
All this attracts a rich assemblage of birdlife, native animals, and fish.
It also attracts a lot of people.
All this human activity places our coastline and its wildlife, including the fish, at constant risk.
Coastal protection has become a major concern, and a favourite of community groups.
But coastal natural resources management isn't always as simple as putting up a fence to keep out intruders, human or otherwise.
Sensitive areas demand sensitive handling.
The health of our coast is a priority, and the Board is working with people to conserve and improve one of our greatest natural assets.
See pages 110 - 113 of Integrated NRM Plan
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