Dingley Dell Conservation Park Draft Management Plan

We are seeking your views on the draft management plan for Dingley Dell Conservation Park.

What's being decided?

We have developed a draft management plan for Dingley Dell Conservation Park which outlines the objectives and strategies for the long-term management of the park.

We are asking the community to share their views on the future management of the park.

Background

Park management plans are the primary document for each of South Australia’s parks. Management plans are high level, strategic documents that set the direction and outline how parks will be managed. They are required for all parks under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.

The themes, objectives and strategies in the draft plan sets the direction for the management of the park and guides contemporary management of the park’s heritage and natural values.

Once finalised, this plan will replace the Dingley Dell Conservation Park section of the Small Inland Parks of the South East Management Plan (1994).

While the protection and conservation of natural and heritage values, and providing opportunity for tourism is a focus in the current plan it doesn’t envisage tourist accommodation.

The draft plan enables upgrades of existing infrastructure and the development of new facilities including small-scale accommodation to support tourism and experiences where visitors can appreciate and learn about Dingley Dell Cottage and the park's biodiversity.

Get involved

Find out more:

• read the Dingley Dell Conservation Park Draft Management Plan
• take a look at our FAQs

Have your say by Friday 6 September by:

• taking our survey
• Emailing a submission to: DEWProtectedAreaManagement@sa.gov.au
• Posting your written submission to:

Department for Environment and Water
National Parks and Protected Area Program
GPO Box 1047
ADELAIDE SA 5001

Please note: We make your submission publicly available on the Department for Environment and Water’s website unless you indicate on the submission that you wish for these to remain confidential. Any responses that are made on a confidential basis may still be subject to access under Freedom of Information laws.

What are the next steps?

Your feedback will help finalise the management plan for Dingley Dell Conservation Park which we will take to the Parks and Wilderness Council for further advice.

We will provide the management plan as well as any advice from the Parks and Wilderness Council to the Minister for Climate, Environment and Water for adoption under Section 38 of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.

We expect the plan will be adopted in the second half of 2024. A copy of the final plan will be available on this website and the National Parks and Wildlife Service SA website.