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Gluepot Reserve celebrates its 10th Anniversary this year. It continues to win awards in biodiversity conservation, enhancement and management, scientific research and monitoring and sustainable ecotourism. So far in its complete history Gluepot has been awarded a total of 35 awards.

Environment, Conservation & Science: 25 awards
Ecotourism: 7 awards
The Built Environment: 2 awards
Health: 1 award

2007

2007 Premier’s Natural Resources Management Award
Second place in the category “Outstanding Integrated Volunteer Project”

2006

2006 Volunteer Community Action Achievement Awards
SA Murray-Darling Basin Natural Resource Management Board
Three Awards Won for:
•    Protection of 54,000ha of Old-growth Mallee at Gluepot
•    Linking Monitoring to Natural Resource Management at Gluepot Reserve
•    Environmental Courses and Workshops at Gluepot Reserve

SA GREAT Awards 2006
Winner of the "Science and Environment" Category

South Australian Tourism Awards 2006
Silver Medalist in the “Sustainable Tourism” Category
and
“Ecotourism” Category

National Landcare Awards
Winner of the “Australian Government Bushcare Nature Conservation Award”
Landcare Australia – October 2006

2005

South Australian Tourism Awards 2005
Winner in the "Sustainable Tourism" Category

SA GREAT Awards 2005
Highly Commended in the "Science and Environment" Category

South Australian Landcare Award
Winner of the "Bushcare Nature Conservation Award"
and
“Alcoa Landcare Community Group Award”
Landcare Australia –September 2005

2004

Year of the Built Environment 2004
EXEMPLARS Program - National Awards
Winner in the category "Towards Sustainable Communities"

SA GREAT Awards 2004
Winner of the "Science and Environment" Category

South Australian Tourism Awards 2004
Winner in the "Ecotourism" Category

Friends of Parks Forum Awards 2004
Friends of Gluepot Reserve
Winner of the "Best Biodiversity Project"
and
"Best Landcare Project"

2003

2003 National Volunteer Awards
National Winner of the "Environment, Conservation, Heritage and Animal Welfare" Category

Yellow Pages South Australian Tourism Awards 2003
Highly Commended in the "Ecotourism" Category

SA GREAT Awards 2003
Winner of the "Science and Environment" CategoryMajor Mitchell's Cockatoo © Duncan MacKenzie

2003 KESAB Tidy Towns Awards
Winner of the "Environmental Action and Education" Category

2003 National Volunteer Awards
South Australian State Winner of the "Environment, Conservation, Heritage and Animal Welfare" Category

River Murray Catchment Environmental Awards 2003
Winner of the "Improving the Quality of the Environment and Water Quality" Category
and
"Sustainable Recreation Award" Category

2003 Heart Foundation Kellog Local Government Awards
Highly Commended in the Category "Project by a Community Organisation"

South Australian Landcare Award
Winner of the"Bushcare Nature Conservation Award" Category
Landcare Australia - August 2003

United Nations World Environment Day Awards 2003
Winner of the "Award for Best Community Based Environmental Project or Initiative"

Banksia Environmental Awards 2003
Winner of the "Award for Environmental Leadership in the Community"

2003 Riverland Tourism Awards
Winner of the "Tourist Attraction" Category

2002

Civic Trust of South Australia
Winner of the Civic Trust Award for "An Outstanding Contribution to Civic Awareness"
November 2002

Yellow Pages South Australian Tourism Awards 2002
Winner of the "Ecotourism " Category

2001

SA GREAT Awards 2001
Winner of the "Science and Environment" Category

South Australian Landcare Award
Winner of the"Bushcare Nature Conservation Award" Category
Landcare Australia - August 2001

2000

National Community Link Award 2000
Winner of the "Environment, Conservation and Heritage" Category

1999

Birdlife Conservation Achievement Award
From Birdlife International - Malaysia, October 1999