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A big and very exciting NGT project is coming soon: Be part of creating another “Pick Swamp”!

Posted on 06 Aug 2016 at 19:37h in Habitat Restoration Fund, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, News, Wetland Restoration 0 Comments

If you haven’t heard of or seen Pick Swamp (a 230 hectare property next to Piccaninnie Ponds, now also a reserve), then you haven’t witnessed the incredible recovery potential of drained wetlands – but the results (see below) speak for themselves. Finally, after 10 years, it’s time...

Robbie the Bittern puts Pick Swamp (and wetland restoration) on the map!

Posted on 07 May 2015 at 22:39h in News, Piccaninnie Ponds, Wetland Restoration on Private Land 3 Comments

So what do rice growers in the NSW Riverina district and coastal wetlands in the South East have in common? Until recently, we might have simply answered “not much” – but nature is full of surprises – with early results from a fascinating new project...

Yarra pygmy perch now present in Pick Swamp!

Posted on 29 Jan 2015 at 11:28h in Fish conservation, News, Piccaninnie Ponds, Yarra Pygmy Perch Recovery 0 Comments

In a previous blog, I wrote about the recent Yarra pygmy perch releases we undertook out at the newly restored Pick Swamp, situated within the Piccaninnie Ponds Coastal Wetland (PPCW) complex. To refresh your memory, the fish releases took place in last October and November...

A nice article about Pick Swamp…

Posted on 18 Mar 2014 at 20:58h in News, Piccaninnie Ponds 1 Comment

Thanks to Bob Green, the Convenor of BirdLife South East SA, for sending through this article about Pick Swamp (also see image below). I don’t get down there so often any more, but it is a place that I continue to have a close connection...

A special day – International recognition for Piccaninnie Ponds and Pick Swamp

Posted on 26 Jan 2013 at 00:56h in News, Media, Piccaninnie Ponds 2 Comments

After many years in the making, today I had the privilege of being present at the official announcement that Piccaninnie Ponds is now formally listed as a wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention. The announcement was made at Pick Swamp, the restored wetland...

The transformation of habitat at Piccaninnie Ponds and Pick Swamp

Posted on 26 Jan 2013 at 00:56h in News, Wetland Restoration on Private Land 4 Comments

Given NGT’s wetland restoration program will soon begin helping private landholders to restore their swamps – you may have wondered what the “restoration” of wetland habitat looks like on the ground? What better day to share some real examples with you than today, from the...

Having a chat on ABC radio for World Wildlife Day, and touching on the issue of declining groundwater in South East SA

Posted on 28 Mar 2024 at 21:42h in News, Piccaninnie Ponds 0 Comments

A few weeks ago (on Sunday 3rd March) we celebrated World Wildlife Day, and to mark the occasion this year I caught up with Rod Sparks on his Weekends Program on ABC South East SA. In a wide-ranging chat that included topics like environmental change,...

A big month for sharing NGT’s work with friends – old and new – across south-eastern Australia (and beyond)

Posted on 31 Oct 2022 at 14:21h in News 0 Comments

The past few weeks have been a bit of a blur, as I have caught up with some fantastic people in a range of places all around south-eastern Australia, sharing NGT’s work with threatened species and ecological restoration. Here are some of the many highlights…...

Butterflies on the Brink: Bright-eyed Brown, Heteronympha cordace wilsoni

Posted on 15 Dec 2021 at 20:01h in News 1 Comment

In October we brought you the first in a series entitled Butterflies on the Brink in which we’re showcasing the butterfly species most at risk of extinction in south-eastern mainland Australia. In this second installment, we are focussing on the Bright-eyed Brown (Heteronympha cordace wilsoni)....

What happens when water levels change or the ground sinks beneath our feet? – Let’s talk about subsidence in drained peatlands and just how much wetland plants move around

Posted on 23 Nov 2021 at 10:10h in News, Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, Glenshera Swamp restoration, Hutt Bay Wetland, Karst Springs, Long Swamp Restoration, Moulting Lagoon and Apsley Marshes, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, Piccaninnie Ponds, Regional Recharge Farms, Square Waterhole Swamp, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve, Wetland Restoration 0 Comments

Over the years at NGT we’ve worked on wetland restoration investigations and implemented projects at wide range of wetland types. If you have been following these stories for some time, you will have seen how valuable digital elevation data (a Digital Elevation Model or DEM,...