Author: Ben Taylor

Delegates inspired by NGT projects at the 2019 Private Land Conservation Conference

Posted at 28 Nov 2019 at 10:35h in Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, News, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve by Ben Taylor

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The 2019 Private Land Conservation Conference (PLC19) was held at the National Wine Centre in Adelaide on October 8-10th. This annual conference of the Australian Land Conservation Alliance (ALCA) attracts delegates from around Australia and overseas to learn about and share the latest conservation initiatives...

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A spring chorus of frog calls at Mount Burr Swamp

Posted at 19 Sep 2019 at 15:08h in Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, News, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve, Wetland Restoration by Ben Taylor

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With the spring weather upon us, Mount Burr Swamp has burst into life. The wetland is just five centimetres below full, which is a fantastic result given the relatively dry winter we have just experienced. It highlights the value of focussing wetland restoration on strategic...

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A special two-day tour of Mount Burr Swamp and Walker Swamp in October – Private Land Conservation Conference 2019

Posted at 29 Aug 2019 at 14:33h in Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, News, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve by Ben Taylor

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The 2019 Australian Land Conservation Alliance (ALCA) Conference, PLC19, will be held at the National Wine Centre in Adelaide from 8th to 10th October, hosted this year by Nature Foundation SA. This annual conference brings together many of Australia’s key nature conservation organisations working on...

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Downstream benefits of peat wetland restoration on the Fleurieu Peninsula

Posted at 26 Jul 2019 at 09:01h in Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, Glenshera Swamp restoration, News by Ben Taylor

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As regular readers will know, Glenshera Swamp (including Stipiturus Conservation Park) is one of the largest and most intact examples of the critically endangered Fleurieu Pensinsula Swamps, and a site that NGT have been helping to restore in South Australia. Back in July 2016, several months...

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Wetland restoration and an elusive little fish

Posted at 24 Jun 2019 at 21:56h in Fish conservation, News by Ben Taylor

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Aquasave-Nature Glenelg Trust ecologists Lauren Brown and Nick Whiterod (with help from Ruan Gannon and Dan Macleod) have successfully completed the first survey of Australian Mudfish in the South East since 2010-11 (Mudfish monitoring - 2019 report). But first, some background to the story of the...

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Even more new species found at Mt Burr Swamp

Posted at 13 Mar 2019 at 16:12h in Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, News by Ben Taylor

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As Nature Glenelg Trust and our fantastic volunteers continue the restoration journey at our Mt Burr Swamp property we are continually adding to our list of species for the reserve. As Rose recounts here, we can now confirm the presence of critically endangered Southern Bent-winged...

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Hutt Bay Wetland – Flashback to the first hydrological restoration works in 2006

Posted at 04 Feb 2019 at 14:42h in News, Hutt Bay Wetland by Ben Taylor

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In 2005, as a wetland project officer in the lower South East, I became aware of a potential wetland restoration opportunity near Port MacDonnell, a 170 hectare wetland situated behind the coastal dunes near Middle Point. The owner of the area, Robert Thompson, invited me...

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To burn or not to burn? At Lake Hawdon South, that is the question…

Posted at 19 Dec 2018 at 12:54h in News by Ben Taylor

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At the recent NGT workshop in Dunkeld, I spoke to other NGT staff about some of the special attributes and unique management challenges associated with Lake Hawdon South, one of the largest (3,200 ha) and most intact wetlands in the South East of SA. To give...

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A recent encounter with a northern quoll in the Kimberleys – a reminder of our own forgotten fauna…

Posted at 27 Nov 2018 at 21:59h in News by Ben Taylor

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  I spied this northern quoll at Bell Gorge on a recent trip along the Gibb River Road in the Kimberleys, WA. Amazingly it was highly active in broad daylight. Bell Gorge is a popular swimming spot for tourists and it seems this quoll has switched from...

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Positive Feedback for NGT at the SA State NRM Science Conference

Posted at 20 Apr 2018 at 01:30h in News by Ben Taylor

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The SA NRM Science Conference is the largest regular gathering of NRM scientists and practitioners from across South Australia and beyond. The biennial conference is an excellent opportunity to learn about the latest thinking in climate science, threatened species recovery, landscape restoration, water management and...

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