NGT's long-term involvement with Square Waterhole Swamp, within Hesperilla Conservation Park has continued recently, thanks to funding from the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). Hesperilla, named for the extremely rare golden haired sedge-skipper (Hesperilla chrysotricha), is an important example of the critically endangered Fleurieu...
The NGT aquatic team recently surveyed some private wetland ponds on the Fleurieu Peninsula. The ponds hadn't been sampled for over 10 years when Nick Whiterod and Michael Hammer found populations of Southern Pygmy Perch here in 2014. This small native freshwater fish is endangered...
After a recent trip to Adelaide, I managed to drop in at one of NGT's long-term restoration sites - a fantastic wetland called Glenshera Swamp, within Stipiturus Conservation Park, on the Fleurieu Peninsula. Glenshera Swamp, which had a long history of grazing prior to its...
Mount Compass Area School Swamp, which has featured previously in the NGT Monthly Newsletter, is located on the grounds of the school (60 km south of Adelaide) and is an important remnant of the critically endangered Fleurieu Peninsula Swamp ecological community. The School community puts...
As readers living in South Australia or western Victoria will be well aware, we've been experiencing a particularly dry patch since at least the start of 2025. In fact, for much of southern Australia, it has been the driest 15 months ON RECORD, and it's...
Swamps are natural sponges, helping to hold surface water in the landscape, and recharging groundwater. In SA's Fleurieu Peninsula, these unique ecosystems are critically endangered. Many have been altered since colonisation, often with artificial drains criss-crossing their surface, taking any rainfall runoff away or discharging...
When it comes to hydrological restoration works at Stipiturus Conservation Park (Glenshera Swamp) south of Adelaide, which commenced in 2017, it is pretty much "job done". While there are still some artificial drains affecting site hydrology towards the downstream end of the swamp on private...
The Fleurieu Peninsula (South of Adelaide, and home to critically endangered Fleurieu Swamps) has lost someone of central importance to the restoration of its rare and threatened ecosystems. John Brame died suddenly in December, at home with his partner Andrea Jenkins, aged just 65. John's...
The word "immersive" often gets used to describe something deeply absorbing, particularly a technologically generated experience that is very life-like. Well, at NGT we like to encourage people to get away from the artificially generated world and immerse themselves in the real, natural world. With...
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...
