NGT is helping to coordinate the Orange-bellied Parrot winter counts within Victoria's south-west region again this year, with Nicole Mojonnier taking on the coordination role as part of her internship with Nature Glenelg Trust. NGT's previous coordinator Lauren Kivisalu is currently on maternity leave. Recovery and management plans for...
Thanks to everyone who came along just before Easter to our final round of workshops with the community in Mount Compass (on Wednesday evening 12/4) and technical experts in Mount Barker (Thursday 13/4) for the Tookayerta Catchment (wetland restoration feasibility) Assessment project. Despite a much smaller...
For the first time since it was drained decades ago, Mt Burr Swamp will hold water through the autumn months until the coming winter - which is absolutely fantastic news. While obviously the wet spring last year provided us with the welcome rainfall we needed...
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...
