Environmental Education

Revegetation at Mt Burr Swamp complete for another year

Posted at 29 Sep 2020 at 17:38h in 20 Million Trees, Environmental Education, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve by Rose Thompson

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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...

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Mt Gambier Rail Trail year one revegetation complete

Posted at 26 Aug 2020 at 15:04h in News, Environmental Education, Rail Trail by Bryan Haywood

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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...

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Eaglehawk Waterhole Update July 2020

Posted at 31 Jul 2020 at 18:24h in Bushcare, Eaglehawk Waterhole Habitat Restoration Reserve, Environmental Education, News, Our Blog, Reptiles, Volunteer, Weeds by Lu-Wei Spinks

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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...

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Highlights from a fauna survey of Pulyonna Wirra (Wadmore Park), Adelaide

Posted at 29 May 2020 at 16:15h in Adelaide Parklands, Environmental Education, Frogs, Invertebrates, News, Reptiles by Bryan Haywood

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[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...

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Are butterflies our local ‘canary in the coal-mine’?

Posted at 20 Feb 2020 at 18:05h in Environmental Education, Invertebrates, News by Bryan Haywood

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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...

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Student scientists from Grant High School assess wetland condition at Mount Burr Swamp

Posted at 28 Nov 2019 at 10:29h in Environmental Education, News by Bryan Haywood

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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...

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Up close with micro-plastics

Posted at 23 May 2019 at 15:48h in Environmental Education, Fish conservation, Media, News, Reef Watch in the South East by Bryan Haywood

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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...

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Kurrawonga: looking back on a year of amazing volunteering efforts

Posted at 07 May 2019 at 20:00h in Environmental Education, Kurrawonga, National Volunteer Week 2019, News, Volunteer by Nicole Mojonnier

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It has been a year now since I moved into Kurrawonga as the caretaker, and what a year it has been. Possibly the biggest challenge was, and still is, to accept that no matter how enthusiastic and passionate you are about a conservation property, you...

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Introducing Jodie, our in-house art therapist

Posted at 13 Mar 2019 at 16:11h in Art and Nature, Environmental Education, News by Jodie Honan

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Would you like to look at conservation from another perspective? Try the arts! My name is Jodie, and I’m at NGT as part of my practicum as an art therapist. Art offers different ways of creating connections, looking at situations, choosing from alternatives, and other things...

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Connections, skills and the potential for ongoing involvement at Walker Swamp through bird monitoring

Posted at 19 Dec 2018 at 13:01h in Environmental Education, National Landcare Programme, News, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve by Nicole Mojonnier

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Beginning in September 2018, Greg taught a Bird Monitoring Course to 30 keen participants in Dunkeld. Once a week for ten weeks Lu-Wei and I travelled to Dunkeld for the course and to undertake various flora and fauna monitoring tasks at Walker Swamp. Each session started...

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