Since early 2021 NGT has been investigating the ecological history and restoration potential of the Aldinga Washpool/Wakondilla, one of the last coastal lagoons of its type in the Adelaide region. Our 2022 Report proposed several actions that could be taken to undo some of the...
Calling all NGT friends and supporters in the Adelaide and Fleurieu Peninsula region. Would you like to get involved in some important, hands-on conservation work?On Sunday 11th August 2024 the Friends of Stipiturus and Hesperilla Conservation Parks are hosting Swampfest 2024, a community planting day...
Back in March Ben, Bryan, Tessa, NGT intern Vicki Bruce and long term NGT volunteer Andy Lines were busy in the Adelaide Park Lands on a project commissioned by the City of Adelaide. The objective was to map the wetland vegetation and survey the mammals,...
NGT's Ben Taylor is a member of the Mount Compass Area School's Environment and Conservation Committee, which oversees the management of "School Swamp". School Swamp is located on the grounds of the school (60 km south of Adelaide) and is another important remnant of the...
Back in late March 2023, following a prescribed burn, NGT oversaw earthworks at Hesperilla Conservation Park, a reserve that protects an important remnant of the critically endangered Fleurieu Peninsula Swamp ecological community. The earthworks backfilled several drains that were drawing groundwater out of the swamp...
In early March, Ben and Tessa took to the water to survey submerged aquatic vegetation in Karrawirra Pari/the River Torrens. NGT first undertook this monitoring for the City of Adelaide in 2020, and repeated it in 2022. This year the survey has been expanded to...
Readers will be aware from past blogs that NGT, in collaboration with the South Australian (SA) and Commonwealth Governments, has been investigating the restoration potential of Lake Hawdon North for several years. This 2,500 hectare seasonal wetland fills most years, but drains rapidly due to...
In previous blogs we have introduced readers to Lake Hawdon North, a 2,500 ha wetland located about 15 km inland from Robe in the South East of SA. This seasonal wetland of fresh-brackish habitats is proposed for hydrological restoration (to reduce the impacts of artificial...
Ben, who is based in Adelaide South Australia, recently received an invitation from the Australian Plants Society to give a presentation on NGT's Fleurieu Peninsula Swamp hydrological restoration projects. The talk was videoed by David Lloyd-Lindley of the Society and has been made publicly available....
NGT's investigations into the potential for hydrological restoration of the Aldinga Washpool commenced in early 2021, thanks to a Green Adelaide Grassroots Grant. That grant culminated in our 2022 Ecohydrological Restoration Assessment Report, which outlines several options to restore the original shape, depth and general...
