Our Southern Bell Frog (aka Growling Grass Frog) conservation facility at Clayton Bay on the shores of Lake Alexandrina reached an important milestone recently. After over a year of construction and preparation, more than 20 tadpoles have arrived at the facility over the past few...
A few weeks ago, a couple of NGT staff gave presentations at the SA NRM Science Conference in Adelaide.On the Wednesday afternoon, I gave an overview of the restoration options work that Lachlan and I pulled together for Glenshera Swamp, in Stipiturus Conservation Park. It was especially great...
To celebrate World Wetlands Day, the Lakes Hub, DEWNR and the Alexandrina Council are hosting the 'Coorong and Lower Lakes Environment Forum' on Friday 30th January 2015. The re-commencement of dredging at the Murray mouth highlights the many issues presently facing this iconic region. In terms of...
Chris Bice (SARDI) and I recently undertook monitoring of threatened fish communities around the Lower Lakes, as part of a project funded by the CLLMM group of DEWNR (as part of the SA Governments Murray Futures program and the Australian Governments Water for the Future...
The three rounds of threatened fish reintroductions to the Lower Lakes [a collaboration between Aquasave - NGT and SARDI (Chris Bice) as part of the Critical Fish Project Critical Fish Project funded by the CLLMM group of DEWNR] has just been completed. During this round, Chris and...
Dramatic water level recession and habitat degradation (e.g. elevated salinity, loss of submerged vegetation) placed several species of threatened freshwater fish under risk of extirpation in the Lower Lakes of the Murray. In response, wide-ranging actions (many previously by Michael Hammer of Aquasave - NGT)...
