Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East

Posted at 25 Mar 2018 at 20:09h in News, Piccaninnie Ponds, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Swamp Gum Woodlands by
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[caption id="attachment_18258" align="alignright" width="200"] Silver Xenica (Source: J Tuck)[/caption] The Silver Xenica Oreixenica lathoniella herceus is a small native butterfly, occurring in cool climate regions across South Eastern Australia and Tasmania. The species prefers open grassy woodland habitats and requires specific grass host plants during their...

Posted at 14 Feb 2018 at 22:17h in News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East by
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Our region is home to a very special critically endangered animal, one which you may not be familiar with – the Southern Bent-wing Bat. This small insect-eating bat roosts in caves all around the South East and western Victoria. [caption id="attachment_28375" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Southern Bent-wing Bat...

Posted at 29 Oct 2017 at 09:57h in News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East by
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Sheryl and I recently headed out to check on the Little Dip Spider Orchids (Caladenia richardsiorum) that were planted out at various sites in the region in winter 2015. To refresh your memory, these threatened orchids along with three other species were purpose-grown for reintroduction...

Posted at 29 Oct 2017 at 09:52h in News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Southern Brown Bandicoot by
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The Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus obesulus) is a medium-sized, ground dwelling marsupial mammal, which was once common in south-eastern Australia. As a result of the cumulative impacts of habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, altered fire regimes, and introduced predators, the species is listed as Endangered nationally. However,...

Posted at 20 Aug 2017 at 21:48h in News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Threatened mainland fauna by
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It's taken a little while to pull everything together, but the huge job of collecting digging abundance data in the field for the Southern Brown Bandicoot (completed by 2016 NGT graduate intern Andrea Fullagar) - has led to a major review of the species in the South...

Posted at 20 Aug 2017 at 21:47h in News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East by
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Prepared by Samantha Rothe (31st July 2017) After some discussion on the lack of mound activity/observations of Malleefowl in Desert Camp Conservation Reserve in recent years, it was considered necessary to seek some one-on-one discussions with landholders to establish the extent of this bird's decline, so...

Posted at 23 Jun 2017 at 00:36h in ForestrySA Schools Program, News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Southern Brown Bandicoot by
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Well it was this time last year (in 2016) that we reported on how the third 'once in a decade' digging abundance survey for the Southern Brown Bandicoot was back underway. Through the Restoring Under-represented Ecological Communities project, NGT ended up completing the survey in 2016...

Posted at 27 Nov 2016 at 18:50h in Eared Worm Lizard Research Project, Media, News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Swamp Gum Woodlands by
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The annual monitoring event for the South Australian population of Eared Worm-lizards was recently undertaken at Furner forest, north of Millicent in the lower South East. The Eared Worm Lizard or Aprasia aurita, only discovered in South Australia in 1997, is a species of legless...