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Busy field season in Mt Lofty Ranges and Lower Lakes

Posted at 08 Apr 2016 at 15:45h in Fish conservation, Southern purple-spotted gudgeon, The Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges by Nick Whiterod

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We are underway with fish sampling for a number of projects across the Mt Lofty Ranges and Lower Lakes. Over the next two and a half months we will visit over 100 sites collecting data on the condition of  (a)  fish communities across the Eastern Mt Lofty...

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Insight into genetic status of Murray crayfish

Posted at 08 Apr 2016 at 15:45h in Murray crayfish, News by Nick Whiterod

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Freshwater crayfish are poor dispersers – predominately moving by crawling across the bottom of rivers and creeks – so it is hard to imagine that individuals, separated by over 2000kms of waterways, can be genetically similar and form part of a single interbreeding grouping. These...

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Photo of the week – yellow-footed antechinus at Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park, Vic

Posted at 08 Apr 2016 at 15:45h in News, Photo of the Month by Jonathan Tuck

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This yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes) scurried down a tree in Chiltern-Mount Pilot National Park before freezing when it spotted me. You can see previous photos of the week here....

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Last Chance! Please register now to keep getting the NGT blogs

Posted at 23 Mar 2016 at 09:23h in News by Mark Bachmann

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The new NGT website will go live very soon, and with it we'll also be updating our current blog subscription service. Unfortunately our current service (feedburner) doesn't actually tell us who you are - meaning we can't automatically bring all our subscribers across - and...

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Talking about Discovery Bay Wetlands at the inaugural Road 2 River Festival in Nelson

Posted at 23 Mar 2016 at 09:22h in Long Swamp Restoration, News by Mark Bachmann

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Last Saturday the 18th March 2016, saw the inaugural Road 2 River Festival kick off in Nelson. As well as a wide range of market stalls, boat cruises, whale boat races, a car display, food options and live music, NGT also hosted a short series of...

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Creative revegetation with seedballs – NGT article in “From the Ground Up”

Posted at 23 Mar 2016 at 09:22h in Community Nursery Project, Media, News by Mark Bachmann

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For anyone that may have missed our article on our current experimentation with seedballs, below is a copy of the article that appears in the latest edition of From the Ground Up. Please click on the article to enlarge. Enjoy!...

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NGT News – from the latest edition of FTGU

Posted at 23 Mar 2016 at 09:21h in Media, News by Mark Bachmann

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The Autumn 2016 Edition of "From the Ground Up" has hit the South East, and includes a feature with a bit of NGT news. So for our many blog subscribers situated in other parts of NGT's wider region, here it is (please click on image to...

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Reminder: please register to keep getting the NGT blogs!

Posted at 11 Mar 2016 at 13:00h in News by Mark Bachmann

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The new NGT website will go live soon, and with it we'll also be updating our current blog subscription service. Unfortunately our current service (feedburner) doesn't actually tell us who you are - meaning we can't automatically bring all our subscribers across - and so...

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Our region goes ‘Nuts about Gums’

Posted at 11 Mar 2016 at 12:59h in Community Nursery Project, Cross-border Community Events Calendar, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East by Bryan Haywood

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Eucalypt expert, Dean Nicolle, visited the South East last week as guest speaker at our Nuts about Gums events. The public talk Friday night and bushwalk Saturday morning were a combined event for the Community Nursery and Restoring Under-represented Ecological Communities (RUEC) projects. Dean has dedicated...

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Native Eucalypts of South Australia book available at NGT office

Posted at 11 Mar 2016 at 12:59h in News by Rose Thompson

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As mentioned in previous blogs, last week's Nuts about Gums guest speaker Dean Nicolle is also the author of the reference book Native Eucalypts of South Australia. Dean's book was available for purchase and signing at the events last week, but in case you missed...

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