Author: Tessa Roberts

At NGT, we've just completed an important long-term recovery plan for threatened freshwater fish in the Murray Corridor. The plan focuses on 6 threatened fish species, all of which are floodplain specialists (a particularly vulnerable group) that are threatened with extinction - the Murray Hardyhead,...

Swamps are natural sponges, helping to hold surface water in the landscape, and recharging groundwater. In SA's Fleurieu Peninsula, these unique ecosystems are critically endangered. Many have been altered since colonisation, often with artificial drains criss-crossing their surface, taking any rainfall runoff away or discharging...

In BIG conservation news - the Murray Crayfish (Euastacus armatus) has officially been listed as Vulnerable under the EPBC Act 1999 (Date effective 05-Mar-2025). The second largest crayfish in the world (second to the Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish), is now protected under national environmental law....

The Murray Hardyhead is a very small, nationally listed Endangered species that specialises in the wetland habitats of the Murray-Darling system. Altered flow regimes (river regulation), habitat destruction, and the effects of invasive fish, have all contributed to the decline of this species.We’ve been working...