"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...
When I first moved to Warrnambool in the early 1990s, I made almost weekly trips back and forth to Melbourne, across the western Victorian volcanic landscape. Dotted with dormant and extinct volcanoes, and pockmarked with lakes and wetlands, it's a landscape I have grown fond...
Summer sure seems like a long time ago. As much of south-eastern Australia was ravaged by bushfires, and smoke blanketed our local landscapes, Walker Swamp provided refuge for local wetland birds - you can further explore how waterbirds have responded to the swamp's restoration in...
