Over recent months we've provided an overview of the hydrological restoration works completed at Burdens Marsh and adjacent wetlands, on the Tasmanian Land Conservancy's Sloping Main Reserve. With the recent conclusion of this grant funded project at the end of June, we're now delighted to...
On Wednesday the 21st May 2025, NGT staff (Mark and Bec) joined the Tasmanian Land Conservancy (TLC) team at their Sloping Main Reserve on the Tasman Peninsula, to share the story of the recently completed wetland restoration works at Burdens Marsh. As you might recall...
Setting the scene: the importance of background research at a complex siteA couple of years ago (in 2023), NGT were invited by the Tasmanian Land Conservancy (TLC) to take a detailed look at the significant saltmarsh area (Burdens Marsh / Prices Flats) within their recently...
Over recent months I have managed to drop in on a number of NGT's longer-term wetland restoration sites from across SA, Victoria and Tasmania, to check current conditions. Given that a number of sites have experienced well below average rainfall in 2024, read on if...
For the past 12 months we have been working on a restoration plan for a special saltmarsh in Tasmania, Burdens Marsh. The saltmarsh is situated on Sloping Main Reserve, one of the Tasmanian Land Conservancy's (TLC) newest Reserves, on Turrakana/The Tasman Peninsula. Burdens Marsh has...
NGT, in partnership with the Tasmanian Land Conservancy (TLC), hosted a field day on Wednesday 3rd April 2024 at Burdens Marsh - a recent and important addition to TLC's Sloping Main Reserve, on the Tasman Peninsula, south-eastern Tasmania.The field day provided an opportunity for locals...
In our last update on the story of the saltmarsh area within the Tasmanian Land Conservancy's Sloping Main Reserve, we talked about what the early maps can tell us about Burdens Marsh - an important area of previously modified saltmarsh currently being assessed by NGT...
In last month's story, we started to put together a timeline of events that helps to explain the early drainage history of Burdens Marsh, a significant area of saltmarsh habitat within the Tasmanian Land Conservancy's Sloping Main Reserve. As our investigation continues, we've been able...
As we've shared in recent months, NGT is delighted to be working again with the Tasmanian Land Conservancy (TLC), undertaking an eco-hydrological assessment of Burdens Marsh, a highly significant but modified wetland area that lies within the TLC's Sloping Main Reserve on the Tasman Peninsula.One...
This month, as I write my articles for the NGT newsletter, I am in Tasmania - on the Tasman Peninsula to be precise - which is a current focal area for NGT given an eco-hydrological assessment we have recently commenced for the Tasmanian Land Conservancy's...
