Algal bloom threatens the Coorong, but locals have a plan
The Coorong Environmental Trust has released a four-point plan to save the ecosystem, just as the eyes of the nation have turned towards it.
As algal foam washes up on Adelaide’s beaches, scientists here in the Murraylands hope to use the extra attention to highlight the needs of the local environment.
Ecologist Faith Coleman’s expertise has been in high demand in recent months, as few experts have a better understanding of the brown, foamy algae which has spread from the Fleurieu to Adelaide and beyond – and into the Coorong – since March.
In her mind, the outbreak is just one symptom of an ecosystem which has been suffering for decades as a result of climate change and mismanagement of our natural resources.
Murray Bridge News spoke with her this week about the algal bloom, a local environmental charity’s four-point plan for the Coorong, and what everyday people can do to help.
