FOREST CLOSURE, PEST ANIMAL CONTROL
Mount Crawford Forest
🚨 Forest Closure Notice | Mount Crawford Forest | 2 – 13 June 2025🚨
As part of the South Australian Feral Deer Eradication Program, some forest reserves in the Mount Lofty Ranges will be closed.
Operations will commence 2 – 13 June 2025 and include the following sites:
> Monday 2 June to Friday 6 June – Pewsey Vale and Mt Gawler/Old Kersbrook, affecting campsites at Karrawirra-tya-illa (Old Kersbrook) & Rossiter’s Hut Heysen Trail (Pewsey)
> Tuesday 10 June to Friday 13 June – Eastern side of Mount Crawford including campsites: Chalks, Rocky Paddock, Cromer Shed, Fromms Farm, Old Schoolhouse, Ponderosa, Old Schoolhouse, Centennial Drive and Scotts Heysen Trail hut.
For your own safety please keep out, follow all site signage and obey instructions from staff.
The operation is being coordinated by Landscapes Hills and Fleurieu, Green Adelaide & Department of Primary Industries and Regions with support from Forestry SA, National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia, SA Water and private landholders.
To view maps and all upcoming Forest Closures in the Mount Lofty Ranges, please visit: https://www.forestrysa.com.au/forest-management/plantation-forestry/upcoming-forest-operations-2/
For more information about the South Australian Feral Deer Eradication Program, please visit: https://pir.sa.gov.au/biosecurity/introduced_pest_animals/find_a_pest_animal/deer/sa_feral_deer_eradication_program
