Most of us feel overwhelmed when we trawl through the news and I’m not surprised many people prefer to just switch off. Particularly for younger people, there is a growing epidemic of eco-grief. So what must it be like to be an ecologist and to...
Earlier this year, I wrote an article on how long it takes water to flow through the upper Wannon River, drawing on comparisons from the 1980s and more recently in 2022. The Wannon River catchment begins in the Grampians National Park and influences important wetlands...
Rowan Swamp is a 150 hectare wetland feature, situated near the township of Lake Rowan, in the Goulburn Broken CMA region, about 40km north of Benalla. Three years ago NGT began an eco-hydrological assessment of the Rowan Swamp Wildlife Reserve in partnership with Parks Victoria. After an investigation...
Over the past three years, as part of an investigation into the ecology and hydrology of the Wannon River, whose catchment begins in the Grampians National Park in Victoria, we've had the opportunity to really grow our understanding around freshwater fish distribution and movement in...
The Wannon River catchment begins in the Grampians National Park and influences important wetlands like Brady Swamp, Gooseneck Swamp and NGT's Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve along the way. We have been investigating the Wannon River system for a few years now, through our study into...
It's that time of year again when we start to see Brolga flock to certain sites around south-western Victoria. Since the hydrology of Green Swamp (near Glenthompson) was restored just on a decade ago, we've seen flock numbers slowly increasing here too. Last year was...
Around this time two years ago we captured a photo of a brolga chick at Walker Swamp, adjacent to the Grampians National Park. This was the first confirmed recruit at the site since restoration works were undertaken in 2019, identified from a wildlife camera photo...
Following the excellent winter rainfall in the South East of SA, we're starting to see how that plays out for flora and fauna following the major restoration works completed earlier this year across the Stage 2 area of the Mount Burr Swamp Restoration Reserve. To...
Sam Greiner sent me a photo last month while she was out at Scale Swamp to do some bird surveys. Scale Swamp, in western Victoria, is one of the first wetland restoration projects we tackled under the Australian Government funded Biodiversity Fund Project - Wetland...
The Yarra Pygmy Perch (Nannoperca obscura) is a small freshwater fish (the biggest one I have seen was 78 mm in length). It is endemic to coastal waterways of south-eastern Australia and prefers slow flowing habitat along the edge of streams and rivers, and also...
