February the 2nd each year is World Wetlands Day, and this year we're making a very special announcement to mark the occasion! On the day itself (Saturday morning), I had a chat to Rod Sparks on ABC South East to talk all about it - which...
Robert Thompson has very kindly shared the following history of the Hutt Bay Wetland, including his family's 140 year connection to the area, and the reasons for their decision to donate the wetland to Nature Glenelg Trust: My great-grandfather, William Joseph (Bill) Thompson arrived at Port...
First up, I have to admit that I had a bit of a chuckle with a colleague the other day - apparently my handing over editorial responsibilities for the NGT newsletter last month may have given some people (yep, those who didn't read the full story!)...
The topic of our missing mainland fauna is never far from my thoughts, and a few things have happened recently that have really brought it back into focus. But before I go through those things, let's recap a couple ideas from recent blogs that we'll also...
The latest edition of Wetlands Australia magazine has just been released to coincide with World Wetlands Day 2019. You can see the full edition here, or a direct link to the Walker Swamp article here. An image of the article is also below. ...
Further to our previous announcement of upcoming restoration opportunities in western Victoria, thanks to a Biodiversity Response Planning grant from the Victorian Government, our project to permanently restore Long Swamp (Discovery Bay Coastal Park) is underway and works are now just around the corner -...
Way back in January, when 2018 had just begun, we said that we'd have some great news to share with everyone throughout this year. So let's recap what happened next...
A couple of weeks ago we managed to get much of the team at NGT together for our annual workshop (unfortunately the majority of our native fish crew were still tied up in a busy field season that keeps rolling on, so we'll have to...
The recently approved NGT Annual Report for last financial year is now available to download from the NGT website. This is your one-stop shop for all the key summary information on NGT in 2017-18, including a suite of 15 case studies that illustrate the breadth of...
Since our community event out at Walker Swamp took place back in September, our focus has shifted to planning for a busy period of on-ground restoration works through the autumn next year. But in the background, our fundraiser is still quietly ticking along and a number...
