Long-time supporter Bill Doyle is very active behind the camera, and you'll likely have seen many of his photos taken across our reserve network and at events. This edition, we're putting him front and centre, learning about his involvement with Nature Foundation and his passion for conservation.

How long have you been a Nature Foundation supporter, and how did you first get involved?

I first travelled to Hiltaba Nature Reserve in 2013 to undertake field survey work with the Scientific Expedition Group (SEG) and was immediately taken with the dramatic beauty of the area. I greatly enjoyed roaming the ridgelines, and we even made an (unsuccessful) attempt to walk out to Lake Acraman from the property.
 
I vowed I would return (armed with a proper landscape camera!), and did again in 2020, and then again last year, where I was able to take advantage of the extensive network of excellent walking tracks that have been created in the reserve since my first visit.
 
I also attended my first Pygmy Bluetongue Lizard Crawl at Tiliqua Nature Reserve in 2013, and was happy to repeat the experience this year, with considerably more success in locating these charming little reptiles (that don’t have blue tongues!)
 
And I first attended a planting at Watchalunga Nature Reserve in 2017, and then again last year, and again this year. It’s been great to assist in actively revegetating the site and to see the progress that’s been made on it.
 
I was delighted to discover that the Foundation has recently acquired property at Mongolurring in the mid-north— a part of the state that’s very dear to me— that is an outstanding example of the rugged mallee hill country of the northern Mount Lofty Ranges.
 
In the midst of all this my partner and I have become formal members to support the important work the organisation does.

Why do you support Nature Foundation?

I greatly appreciate the work Nature Foundation is doing in identifying and then purchasing with the intention to protect important and relatively intact ecosystem remnants in regions across South Australia.

What do you find most rewarding about your involvement with Nature Foundation?

I really enjoy contributing to an organisation that is making a real tangible difference, and where I can see tangible results of the good work the Foundation is doing.

What are your hopes for the future of nature conservation and biodiversity in Australia?

I hope to see more and more of the remaining wild areas of the country be managed with a primary focus on conservation, to halt the still pernicious march of land clearing, and to restore further areas to health, to create important biological reservoirs to ensure we halt species loss and land degradation, and to provide breathing room for our flora and fauna while they are confronted by the threats that ecosystem disruption and climate change has brought, and, sadly, will continue to bring.