SA Arid Lands Landscape Board staff recently joined Arabana Rangers, Arabana Elders, Cooper Basin Rangers, Many Rivers Organisation, Friends of Mound Springs (FOMS) and the Threatened Plant Action Group for a cultural burn to protect the nationally endangered Salt pipewort (Eriocaulon carsonii) at Great Artesian Basin Springs on Finniss Springs Station.
The project was built on a state government Grassroots Grants project. Arabana Aboriginal Corporation Project Officer Neil Brougham said “The opportunity to conduct targeted burning trials will provide insight into a land management practice of importance to Arabana people in the pre- and post-contact period: the use of fire to open up springs choked by Phragmites reeds to create open and accessible spring vents and pools.”
