Investigator College year 6 students and year 12 conservation and ecosystem management students recently spent two days at their Currency Creek campus undertaking fish surveys with NGT's senior aquatic ecologist, Sylvia. The enthusiastic students sampled six species of native fish, yabbies, freshwater shrimp and turtles....
Hidden at the base of a rocky cliff face in the lower Rodwell Creek is a deep, peaceful pool that is home to one of the only remaining River Blackfish populations in the South Australian portion of the Murray Darling Basin. The population at Rodwell...
At the western edge of its national range in Australia, a beautiful little native fish has been in a fight for survival for over 15 years. The Yarra Pygmy Perch was first found in the Lower Lakes in South Australia in 2002, but unfortunately disappeared...
What do you do when aquatic vegetation grows over too much of a vital surrogate wetland that is housing threatened fish species? - get many hands together and pull it out! Aquatic vegetation is excellent for native fauna, but if it grows over too...
Our Southern Bell Frog (aka Growling Grass Frog) breeding facility in Clayton Bay has reached another important milestone recently. Since it's inception in 2019 (with just 20 tadpoles) the facility has aimed to support the conservation of this nationally endangered frog species, by breeding them...
Investigator College, located in the South Australian coastal town of Victor Harbor, recently held it's second annual Sustainable Futures Day The student-led event aims to provide students with inspiration, networking and practical experience in the environmental, land-care and agricultural sectors. Students representing eight South Australian...
The Murray Crayfish is the second largest freshwater crayfish in the world, and hadn't been seen in South Australia for 40 years, due to over-fishing and degradation of its preferred riverine habitat. Following the recent flooding and improvement of water quality, Nature Glenelg Trust...
For the first time in 40 years, Murray Crayfish have been released into SA waters! The Murray Crayfish is the second largest freshwater crayfish in the world and can weigh up to 2 kilograms, but has been lost from the southern extent of the Murray...
Oaklands Wetlands, in the south-western suburbs of Adelaide, has been an important breeding habitat for some threatened native fish since late 2021. Southern Purple-spotted Gudgeon, which are critically endangered, were introduced here after many years of preparation (see our previous post). These colourful little fish...
Meet the southern purple spotted gudgeon, a little native fish that is critically endangered in Victoria, and has been missing in action from much of the state. In fact they were thought to be regionally extinct until some were found in a lake that was...
