Examples of ElectraNet in action:
Red Tailed Black Cockatoo
The preservation of the iconic larrikin of the bush, the Red Tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) is being supported by ElectraNet in the South East of South Australia. In collaboration with Nature Foundation SA and the Native Vegetation Council we are working to establish a buloke plantation at Frances to ensure a vital food source for the survival of this species. With only 1000 birds of this sub species remaining in the wild, the project is considered one of ElectraNet’s most important sponsorships.
Ian McLachlan AO, Patron of Nature Foundation SA said, “the project you are now supporting is a long term visionary one, involving the planting of thousands of bulokes in the Frances public park. Only 3% of the original stands of buloke trees in the South East have survived extensive clearing operations in past decades and they provide a key food source of the endangered sub species of the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo.”
Scarlet Robin
One of nature’s prettiest birds the Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang) was once abundant throughout the Mount Lofty Ranges but now its numbers are in decline due to habitat clearance and an increase in predators such as cats. By protecting and rehabilitating remnant native vegetation at our Cherry Gardens property ElectraNet is playing its part in ensuring threatened bird species in this region have an opportunity to survive. Being part of a balanced ecosystem, such birds play a vital role in the health of bushland and the wider environment in which we live.
Spider Orchids
Several Australian native orchids such as Spider Orchids (Caladenia sp.) are listed as vulnerable to threatened in the Mount Lofty Ranges. Appearing for a short but stunning display usually in the period August to October, these native plants compete in harsh conditions with feral plant invasion in areas where human intervention is evident. ElectraNet protects such plants on its land through minimising interference, vehicle and human traffic and monitoring for invasion of weeds and non-native plants. Keeping our bushland healthy provides nature the opportunity to fight back and for plants like the Spider Orchid to thrive in natural conditions.
Southern Brown Bandicoot
The Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) is listed as a nationally threatened species. It is found in the Mount Lofty Ranges, South East and on Kangaroo Island. Being a ground dwelling animal it is vulnerable to vegetation clearance and predation by foxes, cats and dogs. ElectraNet has actively supported the Southern Brown Bandicoot Recovery Plan through conservation activity on its 70 Ha property at Cherry Gardens.
