The Dwarf Galaxias (Galaxiella pusilla) is a tiny freshwater fish endemic to south-eastern Australia. Although the Dwarf Galaxias is still widely distributed, populations are fragmented and patchy across the landscape. With the generous grant funding support of Nature Foundation SA, this project is aiming to undertake the...
The NGT Annual Report (including the Director’s Report and Financial Statement) for the 2012-13 financial year is now available to view and download: NGT Annual Report for 2012-13 Financial Year. In this report - among other things - we provide a brief showcase of 5 selected projects NGT...
Cath has sent through this summary of her trip with community members to Eared Worm-lizard sites last weekend - with some great news to report ...
Now that we are well and truly into spring and the days are that little bit warmer, over the past few weeks the number of casual observations of common reptiles getting out and about as you drive around the region has definitely picked up. The other...
Over the past couple of weeks I've been getting re-acquainted with some sites in the Caroline Forest where I was involved in the discovery of the Heath Mouse (Pseudomys shortridgei) almost 10 years ago, when conducting surveys with Troy Horn (ForestrySA) and Dan Harley (now...
On Friday the 15th November at 7pm, Sean Dooley will be at the City Hall in Mount Gambier to talk birds. Sean is currently the editor of Australian Birdlife, and authored the book “The Big Twitch”, after breaking the Australian birdwatching record in 2002. Nature Glenelg Trust...
For those of you that would like to know a little more about NGT’s logo, catch up on the latest information available on the Ancient Greenling damselfly through this recent publication in the South Australian Naturalist. The flight period of this magnificent creature begins in late...
With water continuing to trickle in from the Wannon River, water levels at Gooseneck Swamp remain fairly stable, with the gauge board on site only showing a minor decline in depth in the past month. The most recent visit (by Bryan Haywood and Steve Clark)...
On Saturday the 12th October I headed over to Melbourne to attend the ANGFA convention, and gave a presentation about the ecology and management of three coastal wetlands near the SA/Vic border that NGT has a close association with: Ewen’s Ponds, Piccaninnie Ponds and Long...
[caption id="attachment_3753" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The small, picturesque wetland on private land at Gorae[/caption] This small wetland restoration project involved the installation of a temporary sandbag weir in a very old artificial drainage channel on a property at Gorae near Portland in South Western Victoria. The landholder...
