The 11th Australian Stream Management conference was held in Victor Harbor SA over the 11th - 14th August, showcasing both the local region and some of NGT's sites. NGT senior ecologists Sylvia Zukowski and Ben Taylor were selected to present at the conference and develop...
The annual Mount Lofty Ranges fish and habitat monitoring has been completed by NGT staff, revealing great ongoing data and trends in native and alien fish populations throughout the region. Monitoring in 2024 represents more than twenty years of data which is an amazing accomplishment....
Lots of fish action in Mildura this month! First up - about 1000 Olive Perchlet (also known as Agassiz's Glassfish) were released into a surrogate breeding dam on the 4th of June in Mildura, Victoria. This small native fish species is endangered in NSW, and...
What do you do when aquatic vegetation grows over too much of a vital surrogate wetland that is housing threatened fish species? - get many hands together and pull it out! Aquatic vegetation is excellent for native fauna, but if it grows over too...
Southern purple-spotted gudgeon Paul Motz from Monarto Zoo and Jason van Weenen from Green Adelaide some of the southern purple-spotted gudgen being released Releasing the fish NGT's Sylvia Zukowski with City of Marion's Kris Hanna (Mayor) and Glynn Ricketts Dr Sylvia Zukowski with gudgeon On a sunny morning in November, an...
As you may have gathered from some of the other articles this month, the last four weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind, personally taking me from north to south, right across this vast continent. As well as attending the SER2023 conference in Darwin,...
The Yarra Pygmy Perch (Nannoperca obscura) is a small freshwater fish (the biggest one I have seen was 78 mm in length). It is endemic to coastal waterways of south-eastern Australia and prefers slow flowing habitat along the edge of streams and rivers, and also...
Investigator College, located in the South Australian coastal town of Victor Harbor, recently held it's second annual Sustainable Futures Day The student-led event aims to provide students with inspiration, networking and practical experience in the environmental, land-care and agricultural sectors. Students representing eight South Australian...
Oaklands Wetlands, in the south-western suburbs of Adelaide, has been an important breeding habitat for some threatened native fish since late 2021. Southern Purple-spotted Gudgeon, which are critically endangered, were introduced here after many years of preparation (see our previous post). These colourful little fish...
Meet the southern purple spotted gudgeon, a little native fish that is critically endangered in Victoria, and has been missing in action from much of the state. In fact they were thought to be regionally extinct until some were found in a lake that was...
