Transport SA works with Councils and community groups to protect vegetation and wildlife on transport corridors. See Bordertown to Border (PDF)

We assist local government and the community to maintain important areas of roadside bushland in a number of ways including:

• providing support to the Trees for Life organisation’s Bush For Life scheme
• support for KESAB Road Watch programs
• encouraging involvement of schools and community groups in revegetation and landscaping programs.

Become a Bushcarer

The Bush For Life Program involves the community in protecting and enhancing South Australia's remnant vegetation. Bushcarers help restore patches of bush and maintain them in good condition. For further information see the Trees for Life website and the Bush for Life (PDF).

Join a Road Watch Group

Transport SA sponsors the KESAB Road Watch programme. Road Watch volunteers care for our roadside environment by adopting a section of road and carrying out activities such as litter collection, planting and maintenance of native vegetation. For further information see the KESAB website.

Human activity is a major cause of the decline in bushland, including roadside areas. The best way to protect roadside vegetation is to minimise disturbance. It is far easier to protect and maintain existing vegetation than to replace it.

Activities that can cause damage along roadsides include

• littering
• dumping rubbish such as garden waste which results in the escape of weeds into bushland
• new tracks by bushwalkers, vehicles, horse riding, trail bikes, mountain bikes
• picking wildflowers and native fruits
• indiscriminate weed spraying, killing the natives as well as the weeds
• collecting fallen timber.