I am delighted to announce the recent establishment of a new named fund in the NGT Foundation: The Vegetation Link Fund. To accompany this exciting announcement, the team at Vegetation Link have generously shared their perspective on NGT, our work and the NGT Foundation:"At Vegetation Link...
As a follow-up to this blog back in June, it is great to now be able to share with you the finalised report and full findings of NGT's detailed investigation into Big Marsh - an important area of saltmarsh habitat within The Spit Nature Conservation...
One of the interesting things about digging through the history of the Avalon area for the project at Big Marsh in The Spit Nature Conservation Reserve (see this blog for more information), was the discovery that Port Phillip Bay is one of the few places...
After our story in the May Newsletter celebrating the life of John Fenton, I received some really touching correspondence from a few people sharing their wonderful memories of him, and also saying how grateful they were to read the personal perspectives of Neville Bonney, Jim...
After a positive response to the story late last year about lighting striking twice for Lewin's Rail captures at Lake St Clair during mammal surveys, I thought I'd go back through the archives to see what other gems might be lurking in the old mammal...
More typically encountered in the arid interior, it was a nice surprise to recently receive news of a sighting late last year (2019) of the Black Honeyeater in Geegeela Conservation Park, which is only a short distance from Eaglehawk Waterhole, NGT's reserve near the SA/Victorian...
Last month we introduced you to Hanna Swamp, a little known wetland near Wallan, north of Melbourne.This month, we are exploring in fine detail the intricacies of how overarching Victorian Government water policy (like the Integrated Water Management (IWM) Framework and Healthy Waterways Strategy) converges...
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...
