In recent weeks, the Limestone Coast Landscape Board has partnered with NGT to deliver a couple of fun and educational citizen science events. First up, back in mid-February we had an event focussed on bats and their food sources for local landholders. Rose and I set...
The weather was perfect and the year 5's at Investigator College were excited to be fish ecologists at Currency Creek for the day. Students had the opportunity to undertake fish and turtle surveys using fyke nets and water quality monitoring with Sylvia from Aquasave-NGT. A...
Andy Lines was our live-in caretaker at Eaglehawk Waterhole for over three years from 2016 to 2019. After some time away, late last winter he returned to the site and has an update for us below. Andy writes: My arrival Arriving in early August 2020, the weather was...
This winter we've held several planting days at Mt Burr Swamp and with our supporters' help have got 3000 seedlings in the ground at out main two-day planting event in early September. A number of areas around the main wetland were prepared for planting with...
A huge thankyou to the Mt Gambier community and students from Tenison Woods College for your efforts in helping Nature Glenelg Trust complete year one of a five year project aiming to revegetate areas between Bertha Street and White Avenue, along Mt Gambier's fabulous Rail...
It’s been roughly a year since we’ve had an update from Eaglehawk Waterhole, NGT's first Restoration Reserve located near Frances, SA. Over the past 12 months, we’ve managed considerable community interest in spending time at Eaglehawk Waterhole on a range of activities, including: bird watching and...
[caption id="attachment_37002" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] The wonderful grassy woodland of Wadmore Park.[/caption] Campbelltown Landcare Group have invited NGT to undertake a fauna survey of Pulyonna Wirra (Wadmore Park) this year. The project aims to collate records on mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates in Wadmore Park, through various...
Invertebrates (or more specifically insects) are a widely studied group of animals throughout the globe, with more studies than you can 'poke a stick at'. These studies range from understanding more about individual species or populations in a given area through to particular guilds of...
Year 9 students from Grant High School recently visited Mount Burr Swamp Restoration Reserve to assess the health of the swamp. Nature Glenelg Trust ecologists Nicole and Bryan met with the students and helped them to develop a greater understanding of the function and role...
You might have heard that tiny pieces of non-biodegradable plastics are finding their way into our oceans and waterways. They can be consumed by wildlife that mistake them as food, or consume with their food. Those little plastic fragments potentially affect us too, so what...
