Fourteen wonderful and eager volunteers helped out during the first OBP count weekend of 2018 in SW-Victoria. It was great to meet all the new volunteers and to catch up with returning project supporters. Despite the cold and wet weather, it turned out to be an...
In what is proving to be a very big year for Nature Glenelg Trust, we have some further tremendous news to share! I am really excited to be able to announce that NGT has recently purchased Walker Swamp, our first wetland reserve in Victoria - situated in...
Now that the news about Walker Swamp is out in the public arena, I thought I'd share a really great little story about how a series of acts of generosity over the past couple of months have helped us made a start in setting the site up...
The feedback so far on the establishment of the NGT Foundation has been extremely positive, as people clearly understand our desire to ensure that NGT's impact is lasting. James Darling AM and Lesley Forwood care deeply about our region and have been tremendous supporters of NGT, in a variety of ways,...
[caption id="attachment_27617" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Orange-bellied Parrot: photo by Chris Tzaros[/caption] Orange-bellied Parrots have started their journey back to the mainland and the first wild-bred male parrot has already been sighted near the Werribee treatment plant. The OBP recovery team has again released captive birds at two different sites on...
It’s nearly that time of year again – planting season is upon us! Along with other staff and volunteers our nursery officer, Ryan, has been working hard all year to produce seedlings for this years’ revegetation efforts. Over the next couple of months we will be planting...
The launch of the NGT Foundation last month was picked up in the local media - which was a nice early boost to this important new initiative! First up, here is my ABC South East interview with Selina Green, explaining what the Foundation is all about: [audio mp3="http://natureglenelg.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ABC-SE-interview-with-Mark-NGT-Foundation-20th-April-2018.mp3"][/audio] Finally,...
As part of ForestrySA’s biodiversity corridors schools program, a group of Millicent High students and I were joined by Elder Doug Nicholls for a cultural outing this week. We visited two significant cultural sites: native wells and a rock shelter, both in the Mt Burr area....
Next up in this series (note: you can see Part 1 here) of short 2-page papers I wrote-up after presenting at the Restore, Regenerate, Revegetate (RRR) Conference in Armidale last year, is a story describing how NGT worked with a wide range of people to progress two proposed restoration projects...
Last month the National Threatened Species Recovery Hub released lists of the top 20 Australian birds and mammals they consider most likely to go extinct in the next 20 years. According to the research, there is a high chance that ten bird and seven mammal species...