Brady Swamp Restoration Trial

Posted at 27 May 2024 at 16:01h in News, Brady Swamp Restoration Trial, Gooseneck Swamp Restoration Trial, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve, Wannon River by
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The Wannon River catchment begins in the Grampians National Park and influences important wetlands like Brady Swamp, Gooseneck Swamp and NGT's Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve along the way. We have been investigating the Wannon River system for a few years now, through our study into...

Posted at 26 Oct 2021 at 13:29h in News, Brady Swamp Restoration Trial, Glenshera Swamp restoration, Gooseneck Swamp Restoration Trial, Moulting Lagoon and Apsley Marshes, Scale Swamp restoration, Tilley Swamp restoration, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve by
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On Saturday the 2nd of October, I had the pleasure of being invited to present at the 2021 Tasmanian Community Landcare conference in Launceston. The only problem is that thanks to Covid-19 impacting on travel options, I couldn't attend in person! But every cloud has...

Posted at 31 Aug 2021 at 16:13h in News, Brady Swamp Restoration Trial, Gooseneck Swamp Restoration Trial, Green Swamp Restoration Reserve, Volunteer, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve by
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At the end of July, Lachie and Tom met with an eager group of volunteers to complete the first round of data retrievals for our remote monitoring project in the Grampians. Field cameras and AudioMoth sound recorders had been deployed a month prior at various...

Posted at 31 Aug 2021 at 16:12h in News, Brady Swamp Restoration Trial, Gooseneck Swamp Restoration Trial, Wannon River by
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In the south west of Victoria we are currently experiencing one of the wettest winters for a long time. Driving across the landscape, it has been quite revealing to see lots of wetlands showing their face, and many streams running at levels usually seen in...

Posted at 27 Apr 2021 at 15:29h in News, Brady Swamp Restoration Trial, Gooseneck Swamp Restoration Trial, Green Swamp Restoration Reserve, Volunteer, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve by
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We are in the early stages of developing a volunteer-based wetland monitoring program to learn more about the ecological responses of two restored wetland systems in the southern Grampians. The Walker, Gooseneck, and Brady Swamp wetland complex, and Green Swamp, have undergone significant hydrological changes over...

Posted at 27 Apr 2021 at 15:24h in News, Brady Swamp Restoration Trial, Gooseneck Swamp Restoration Trial, Green Swamp Restoration Reserve, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve by
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On the weekend of the 17th and 18th of April, the Hamilton Field Naturalists' Club hosted the South East Australian Naturalists' Association (SEANA) autumn 2021 campout. The event had been cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19, so it was great to see it go ahead...

Posted at 21 Jan 2021 at 13:33h in News, Brady Swamp Restoration Trial, Gooseneck Swamp Restoration Trial, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve by
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A lot of ecological restoration, management and science involves sitting at a desk, but I have a strong belief that ecologists should regularly spend time in the ecosystems on which they work. Not just focused work time, with specific tasks to achieve, but leisure time...

Posted at 10 May 2018 at 21:54h in Brady Swamp Restoration Trial, Gooseneck Swamp Restoration Trial, Long Swamp Restoration, News, Wetland Restoration by
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Next up in this series (note: you can see Part 1 here) of short 2-page papers I wrote-up after presenting at the Restore, Regenerate, Revegetate  (RRR) Conference in Armidale last year, is a story describing how NGT worked with a wide range of people to progress two proposed restoration projects...