For the last 12 months, NGT’s bushcare crew has been working steadily away near the end of the Glenelg River at Nelson, on a DELWP-funded project tasked with battling invasive woody weeds.The key objective of the project is to help protect and improve key native...
In an exciting step towards Nature Glenelg Trust's long-term plan to return the Eastern Quoll into the forest surrounding Mt Vandyke, it is great to be able to share the news that we are partnering with the Dunkeld Pastoral Co Pty Ltd and Rhynie Pastoral...
The Greater Bilby (Queensland Government)Given the ongoing conversation we've been having about things like threatened mainland fauna, the new NGT project at Mt Vandyke and conservation fences, an interesting story from south-west Queensland late last year grabbed my attention.In this ABC News article, we heard...
A couple of months back, there was a fantastic little story on the ABC News website about Eastern Quolls in south-western Victoria. With so much other news to get through in recent months, we're finally managing to share it now!Eastern Quoll at the Dunkeld Pastoral...
Further to the previous edition of "Forgotten Fauna", a fantastic paper by Rob Wallis (see below this blog) was recently published in the Victorian Naturalist, and provides some great insights by sharing a number of early recorded observations of eastern quolls in western Victoria. As...
While the Mt Vandyke land purchase fundraiser is already in full swing (click here to see the latest update), I am now pleased to report that (as of last week) NGT's project team - led by our ecological experts Leah Kemp and Rose Thompson -...
For any readers who have previously completed the stretch of the Great South West Walk through the Cobboboonee forest, you might recall that not long after you leave the Fitzroy Camp, a small in-lying parcel of private farmland suddenly appears, situated on a volcanic peak...
On two occasions since NGT began back in 2012, we have asked our wonderful supporters to chip in towards important land purchases - successfully contributing to the creation of two of our Reserves - Mt Burr Swamp in 2016 and Walker Swamp in 2018.Our third...
Keep an eye out for the NGT Newsletter in April or May, when you will hear all about our latest restoration initiative and your chance to be part of creating NGT's 8th Restoration Reserve. This exciting new project is our soon to be announced 'end...
We've been exploring the issue of forgotten fauna on the Australian mainland for some time, and thanks to a recent documentary on the ABC, we can now get an incredibly intimate understanding of what life is like for one of these long-forgotten, now extinct mainland...
