Late last winter we were feeling less than optimistic about how the season was unfolding, albeit with a glimmer of hope from the BOM long-term forecast. Fortunately, that forecast was correct and we experienced the best spring rainfall we have seen since working across these...
Last Friday I dropped into NGT's Green Swamp Restoration Reserve to download some water level data from a logger we have had out there for the past six years. This is something I do twice a year, usually in spring and then again in March....
"Ecologists buy 1,000-acre blue gum plantation and transform it into wetland", was the title of an article recently published by Emily Bissland, Senior Features Reporter for ABC South West Victoria. "Ecologist" is a title ubiquitous across our organisation, and we probably take it for granted...
Since the initial restoration trials at Gooseneck and Brady Swamp, we have been keeping an eye on how the fish and frogs are doing. A key justification for restoring hydrology is to ensure that these species have an opportunity to breed and for many species,...
Back in August I reported on some wetland levels near the Grampians, and much has changed since then. At that stage we were coming out of what had been a pretty dry winter. However, we were hopeful and awaiting realisation of BOM's long-term forecast suggesting...
For the past six months I've been living a fairly surreal existence. Working on wetlands by day, and sleeping under giant wetland plants and animals by night. A Growling Grass Frog the size of a small car in one corner of the bedroom and some...
This year we are working in collaboration with Deakin University and Glenelg Hopkins CMA to trial a novel approach at obtaining biodiversity snapshots through the use of eDNA. Environmental DNA (eDNA) technologies are centered around characterising species presence through the detection of genetic material that...
In a short few years NGT has managed to secure and make big steps towards restoring two amazing wetlands of the Grampians region - Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve and Green Swamp Restoration Reserve.This time last year we were witnessing the first arrival of inflows to...
Most of us in the south-west of Victoria will have noticed that is has been unusually dry this winter. A positive Southern Annular Mode has been directing the moisture laden westerlies down toward the south pole, and many rain stations have recorded monthly totals well...
Over the past two years we have been working with Glenelg Hopkins CMA and the South-eastern Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Recovery Team to deliver benefits for wetland and woodland habitat across the Wilkin landscape, in south west Victoria. This project has seen the management and restoration of...
