With the time fast approaching for us to do the site preparation works required to get the third phase of the restoration trial at Nobles Rocks underway, it was time for another site visit last week. The good news is that despite a very dry 6...
The latest edition of Wetlands Australia magazine was released to coincide with World Wetlands Day 2015. You can visit the Australia Government website for the edition here. This time around, NGT managed to get a couple of good news stories about our work published - you can download a pdf...
Late last year, Lachie and I took part in a wetland field day organised by the Hamilton - Coleraine Railway Line Landcare Group. A local journalist who attended the day, Katrina Weatherly, wrote a really nice article about the day that appeared in the December...
For those that aren't aware, this coming weekend a new "community panel" or "citizens jury" process of reviewing potential funding models for the South East Drainage Network gets underway. NGT has a long-standing professional interest in the drainage network, its management and wider regional issues it...
Happy new year everyone, and welcome back to the blogs for 2015! It is hard to believe, but today, the 16th of January 2015, marks exactly 3 years since NGT formally appeared on the environmental scene in Victoria and SA. Time and has simply flown by,...
With the end of year upon us, the blogs might go a little quiet for the next few weeks - so to make sure you have a good NGT read over the Christmas / New Year period, you might like to download and print a...
In the last 24 hours we have received some good news - an application for funding submitted by NGT to the Australian Government's 20 Million Trees program has been successful. It is one of 57 projects funded nationally, and one of eight projects in South...
After two successful years of the Gooseneck Swamp restoration trial, and given the dry spring which has made equipment access feasible, it is great to be able to report that works got underway last week to permanently reinstate the lunette bank between Gooseneck and Brady...
Last night I attended a community information session in Kingston about the South East Flows Restoration Project - a joint initiative of the South Australian and Australian Governments - being delivered by the SA Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. At NGT we think that...
A recent visit to Nobles Rocks uncovered some interesting biological clues that highlight how water levels have changed in the area just upstream of the outlet drain (near where the restoration trial commenced earlier this year). You see, some perennial species of wetland plants are very...