Outside of occasional major projects, we don't generally talk much about public fundraising. However, with the end of financial year fast approaching, this is the one time of year when a donation to NGT can immediately be included as a deduction in your forthcoming tax...
It has been bubbling away quietly in the background for the past 12 months, but NGT are now in the final stages of an eco-hydrological assessment to evaluate restoration options for an area of important saltmarsh habitat that has been declining in condition over several...
[caption id="attachment_37292" align="alignright" width="202"] Patrick Hanna, MLA/MLC, (b. 1819, d. 1890)[/caption] Next month NGT will be publicly sharing another Discussion Paper on the Wallan Wallan wetlands, to follow on from one we released in March last year (2019), where we explored the risks and opportunities associated...
Over the past 8 and half years, I have been regularly asked all sorts of questions about Nature Glenelg Trust (NGT) - usually when out and about at community events or when giving presentations to community groups - I guess mainly because NGT seems a...
Over the past two years, our end of financial year fundraising efforts were directed to paying off the land purchase debt on our Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve - which was a significant target for us. Thanks to your collective help over a period of 18...
Vale Mr. Fenton - by Mark Bachmann [caption id="attachment_36980" align="alignright" width="338"] John Fenton of Lanark - Photo courtesy of Rochelle Rudduck.[/caption] Every now and then you meet someone who makes a deep and lasting impression on you. In my own personal journey towards becoming especially passionate about...
It's time for a trip down memory lane, because we are now nearing the end of that wonderful time of year - autumn - which always takes me back to the cool, crisp nights of April 2008...
After heavy rainfall a few weeks ago north of Melbourne, we got another temporary glimpse of a portion of Herne Swamp, the once expansive (but now artificially drained) natural floodplain wetland at the headwaters of Merri Creek. For those of you that may have missed it, we...
I recently managed to duck into Nobles Rocks at our Long Swamp restoration project site, to see how the permanently reinstated dune at Bully Lake is looking after the summer - the good news is that our revegetation plantings on the newly recreated dune are...
It was great to recently be provided with a copy of the OFO 2019 Annual Review, which has a neat little summary of the partnership project with NGT at Mount Burr Swamp. The review highlights a few of the key achievements so far from this...
