Last June (2019) I took extended leave from NGT and headed off on a long adventure that took me from Honduras in Central America, through South America to Chile, returning home via New Zealand last month. For the first two months of my trip I worked...
I'll soon be pursuing some bat adventures and other travels in Latin America, so for the past few weeks I've been busy handing over my NGT responsibilities to others on the team. During May I was looking forward to taking part in a three-week bat blitz...
If you've been following NGT for a while you will remember that back in 2016 we ran a campaign to secure funding for the organisation's second restoration reserve, Mt Burr Swamp. Our supporters got behind our vision for the property, and helped us raise the...
If you have the pleasure of knowing Mark personally, you will be aware that as Manager of NGT he is constantly on the go and incredibly busy behind the scenes keeping all the cogs turning in the operation of this small but hard-working NGO. Since...
Anyone who enjoys time outdoors in Australia knows that snake encounters are something which we need to be aware of. Every time we head out on a ForestrySA biodiversity schools program excursion, the safety talk includes what to do if we see a snake. Although...
Martu karu! (G’day) In July of this year I attended the book launch of Annie’s Story – Growing up strong on Boandik country, a children’s book based on the life local Boandik girl Annie Brice in the mid-1800s. Annie was author Michelle Jacquelin-Furr's great-grandmother and grew...
It was an action packed week at Walker Swamp a couple of weeks ago, with terrestrial fauna surveys beginning for the first time at this site, helping us to describe the baseline condition of the site before major restoration works commence in 2019. On day 1,...
NGT Senior Ecologist, Bryan Haywood, recently received the Green Triangle Timber Industry Work Health Safety and Environment Award, recognising his commitment to conservation within the forestry industry. Bryan has been with NGT since mid-2014, and has been working in the environmental industry in the South East...
In late August, students from two local schools joined us at Mt Burr Swamp for a day of learning and fun. Newbery Park Primary School’s year 3/4s, along with a group of students from Millicent High School, spent some time continuing our revegetation efforts on the...
As you will have noticed if you've been outdoors in the past couple of months, it's fungi season! For most of the year, we barely cast a thought toward fungi, but when the cooler and wetter weather triggers many species to start fruiting (producing mushrooms) we...
