A few weeks ago, I was invited in to the ABC South East studio for a chat with Selina Green about the latest news from Mt Burr Swamp - so we spent a while discussing the results of the February 2017 Growling Grass Frog survey. You...
An enthusiastic Year 3/4 class from Newbery Park Primary School, Millicent, recently ventured out to Mt Burr Swamp to learn about aquatic macroinvertebrates - also known as waterbugs! It was the students’ first visit to the property and they gathered in the shearing shed to learn...
[audio mp3="http://natureglenelg.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/YOUNG-CARERS-FINAL.mp3"][/audio] Last November, Jess Bourchier and Ruan Gannon had the please of hosting a 'Fishing for the Future' Clinic with 21 Young Carers from Mt Gambier, aged between 8 and 16. This clinic was one of 10 to be undertaken so far, as part of...
It has been a busy time over recent months at NGT, with our team undergoing a few minor changes - so it is time for an update! In terms of recent departures, Dr Adam Miller is now lecturing full-time in an academic role at Deakin University...
NGT's Bryan Haywood reported that after a few days out in the sunshine at Mt Burr Swamp to install the fence wires earlier in the month, the birdlife was out and about. While regulars such as black swans are still nesting, new birds observed include whistling...
If you haven't taken up the opportunity to share your knowledge of the swamps of the Tookayerta Catchment with us yet, then now is your chance! In April, we'll be sharing what we've learned so far and giving you another chance to have a say before we...
It is hard to believe, but it has been 12 months since we completed the restoration options report for Glenshera Swamp, in Stipiturus Conservation Park, and if all goes to plan then the first steps towards improving the hydrology of this important wetland will hopefully get...
The December blog post about the forgotten fauna of the Fleurieu Peninsula stimulated some great feedback from some of our newsletter subscribers with an interest in ecological change and the value of historical accounts for aiding our modern understanding of the environment. For example, Graham Carpenter kindly shared...
A huge thankyou to everyone who came out to Mount Burr Swamp on Tuesday 14 March 2017 for the launch of the Wetland Condition Field Guide, by Troy Horn and myself. The guide has been five years in the making and fills a gap in rapid wetland assessment...
When it comes to any wetland, a lot can happen in 12 months - as we discovered with so many swamps across the region with the recent wet spring. But at Mt Burr Swamp, our restoration structure installed 7 months ago has had a particularly dramatic...
