Hunting for teabags in a swamp – It’s just like searching for a needle in a haystack
Every year, just after Christmas for the past three years, I've made a special trip in search of...
Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps
Natural flows return for the first time in decades to a new section of creekline at Glenshera Swamp, near Mount Compass
Posted at 26 Jun 2020 at 00:01h
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by Ben Taylor
Regular readers will be familiar with NGT's ongoing hydrological restoration work at Glenshera Swamp, on the Fleurieu Peninsula near Mount Compass.In the previous newsletter we described recent work completed to backfill an artificial drain that was denying flow to a natural, meandering creekline that formerly carried...
More waterway restoration works completed at Glenshera Swamp, near Mount Compass
Posted at 29 May 2020 at 16:18h
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by Ben Taylor
Over three wet days in early May, NGT staff (Mark and Ben) got to work with the assistance of an earthworks contractor, backfilling more artificial drains within Stipiturus Conservation Park. This important reserve contains a signification portion of Glenshera Swamp, the largest and most intact...
The mysterious case of the disappearing sandbag structures…
Posted at 19 Mar 2020 at 17:30h
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by Ben Taylor
Glenshera Swamp, the largest and most intact example of the critically endangered Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps ecological community, has been the focus of NGT hydrological restoration for over three years now. In April 2017 we back-filled several old drains that had been cut through the peat...
A time for reflection on National Threatened Species Day 2019
Posted at 19 Sep 2019 at 15:09h
in Eared Worm Lizard Research Project, Fish conservation, Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, News, OBP Recovery, Southern Brown Bandicoot, Threatened mainland fauna, Threatened Orchids, Volunteer, Wetland Restoration
by Lu-Wei Spinks
National Threatened Species Day is celebrated annually on the 7th September to commemorate the death of the last Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine) in Hobart in 1936. Although the origin of National Threatened Species Day is sad and gloomy, it is a good time to reflect on...
Downstream benefits of peat wetland restoration on the Fleurieu Peninsula
Posted at 26 Jul 2019 at 09:01h
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by Ben Taylor
As regular readers will know, Glenshera Swamp (including Stipiturus Conservation Park) is one of the largest and most intact examples of the critically endangered Fleurieu Pensinsula Swamps, and a site that NGT have been helping to restore in South Australia. Back in July 2016, several months...
Stipiturus Conservation Park two years on – winter rains transform an ecosystem
Posted at 07 Jun 2019 at 12:12h
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by Tessa Roberts
Native plants are sprouting and weeds are drowning at Glenshera Swamp, Stipiturus Conservation Park! Two years after hydrological restoration work began, the early-season rains are really showing results. Our sandbag structures, built with the help of many hardworking volunteers, are redirecting water into the swamp...
Fleurieu Swamps update: SwampFest 2018 a big success
Posted at 09 Jun 2018 at 00:57h
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by Tessa Roberts
Last weekend, NGT's Ben Taylor and Tessa Roberts joined and enthusiastic bunch of volunteer tree-planters in Stipiturus Conservation Park on the Fleurieu Peninsula, SA. The popular community planting event, known as 'SwampFest', is held annually in the park to help re-vegetate historically cleared areas, and...
Fleurieu Swamps restoration update – the latest news from Glenshera Swamp
Last week a small crew (Ben, Mark and Dale from NGT, along with Jason and Randall from DEWNR) headed back to Glenshera Swamp to make some minor adjustments and repairs to the structures we installed last year, both inside and outside Stipiturus CP. This also...
NGT article on Fleurieu Swamps in the latest edition of Wetlands Australia magazine
Posted at 14 Feb 2018 at 22:16h
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by Mark Bachmann
To celebrate World Wetlands Day 2018, on the 2nd of February the Australian Government released the latest edition of Wetlands Australia. This time around, the magazine features an article on the restoration work NGT has commenced in the Swamps of the Fleurieu Peninsula, in partnership with DEWNR,...