National Geographic Kids features 8 year old NGT ‘eco hero’ and Murray Crays

A perk of working in conservation is that your kids have the opportunity to get involved. Scott is one of our Senior Aquatic Ecologists, based in Mildura. Scott’s 8-year-old daughter Ylva, recently got a taste of the action when she helped release Murray Crayfish into South Australian waters, where they had previously become extinct. Her photo and story featured in the kids magazine ‘National Geographic Kids’ – which has a global readership, with this version distributed to kids in Australia, the UK, Ireland and New Zealand! Way to go Ylva – for spreading the word on Murray Crayfish far and wide, and for helping vital conservation work!

Reintroducing Murray Crayfish back into the wild in SA is a project that NGT and the Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board have been working on in partnership. We released the first one back in 2023, and are continuing to work on the conservation of this special species, with further releases, tracking, monitoring and headstarting juveniles in captivity. You can read more about Murray Crayfish conservation in our previous stories here, check out the amazing short video on the project here, or check out National Geographic Kids magazine here.

The Murray Crayfish project is a joint partnership between Nature Glenelg Trust and Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board with funding from the South Australian Government’s Landscape Priorities Fund, with support from NSW DPI Fisheries, RMMAC, North West Aquaculture, PIRSA, CSIRO and SARDI.