This is just a brief note to let everyone know that the Brady Swamp Restoration Trial now has its own project page - which can be found here. We've slightly re-arranged the menu under the "current projects" tab on our website, so that the Southern Grampians...
After undertaking a brief stint of casual work with NGT last year, Lauren Veale has returned to work full time with us, based out of Warrnambool - with her first day being on Monday this week. Lauren has a research background in estuarine fish ecology, and...
The latest edition of Lentic, the newsletter of the Society of Wetlands Scientists, Oceania Chapter, has just come through. As well as some other interesting articles from other contributors in the latest edition (the full pdf version can be viewed here), the Gooseneck Swamp restoration...
Thanks to the tremendous efforts of a group of 23 highly motivated community volunteers from around the region on Tuesday the 18th March 2014, the Brady Swamp Restoration Trial Structure is now in place. [caption id="attachment_5392" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The sandbagging crew in action![/caption] [caption id="attachment_5386" align="aligncenter" width="1024"]...
Thanks to Bob Green, the Convenor of BirdLife South East SA, for sending through this article about Pick Swamp (also see image below). I don't get down there so often any more, but it is a place that I continue to have a close connection to. As...
The Autumn edition of From the Ground Up has just hit PO Boxes in the South East, and features a few stories involving NGT. Just in case you don't have a copy, you can download the relevant pages (FTGU Autumn 2014 - Crays, FTGU Autumn 2014 -...
In a busy few weeks out at Eaglehawk Waterhole, Jonathan and Lauren (both of NGT) have completed the initial mapping tasks, which will enable us to get started on the development of a property restoration plan over the months ahead. Last week I also had the...
For those that haven't heard of it, "Habitat 141" is the name given to a BIG concept that is about restoring and connecting habitats in the landscape either side of the 141st line of longitude (that is the line that was meant to be the...
Our resident bat guru, Cath Dickson is having a well-earned break at the moment, but she sent through some information for me to pass onto everyone about one of her current projects...
When we headed out to Gooseneck Swamp last week, we were fortunate to be joined by neighbours Doug Craig and Michael Innes. It just so happens that Michael had his video camera handy, and asked me for an impromptu update on the outcomes of the restoration...
