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Australasian Bittern – threatened species of the week from Mt Burr Swamp

Posted at 30 Aug 2016 at 02:55h in Media, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, News, Species of the month by Mark Bachmann

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First up in our review of threatened species that will benefit from the restoration project at Mt Burr Swamp, is the Australasian Bittern. For anyone who hasn't heard of "Robbie the Bittern" - Robbie is the legendary wetland bird who last year put both the previously mysterious Australasian...

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Mt Burr Swamp media wrap: Week 1

Posted at 30 Aug 2016 at 02:54h in Media, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, News by Mark Bachmann

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Week 1 of the fundraising campaign was huge, thanks to the support of our regional media! As well as kicking things off on the NGT website and email newsletter, the Mt Burr Swamp project: was discussed on local ABC Radio at 9:30am on Wednesday the 24th August...

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My time as a Graduate Ecologist Intern with NGT: April to August 2016 – Liam Turner

Posted at 22 Aug 2016 at 02:08h in Fish conservation, Media, Wetland Restoration, Wetland Restoration on Private Land by Jess Bourchier

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WOW! What can I say? The last five months have gone by at blistering pace. It was a fleeting 7 or 8 months ago that I was in another country trying to figure out what I’d be doing in 2016. And then came the internship offer...

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Media Release to mark the launch of the Mt Burr Swamp fundraising campaign

Posted at 22 Aug 2016 at 02:07h in Fundraising, Habitat Restoration Fund, Media, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, News by Mark Bachmann

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Today marks the beginning of a six-week long campaign to raise the funds necessary to get the Mt Burr Swamp project "over the line"...

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NGT hits a couple of social media milestones!

Posted at 06 Aug 2016 at 19:28h in Media, News by Rose Thompson

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For those of you who follow our other social media, you may already be aware that we have passed some milestones recently - namely, 500 likes on Facebook, and 200 followers on Instagram! We enjoy sharing our news with you across these diverse formats, and appreciate...

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Orange-bellied Parrot Information Session and Field Walk – Saturday 25th June

Posted at 11 Jun 2016 at 18:38h in Media, News by Lauren Kivisalu

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We hope you can join us for an informative chat about the OBPs (see flyer below with registration details) at Koroit on Saturday 25th June: Our presentation will cover an update on the OBP recovery program, the winter mainland counts - what's happening particularly in south-west Vic,...

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Time to get your fingernails dirty! East St revegetation Working Bee, Narrawong

Posted at 31 May 2016 at 15:49h in Media, News, Volunteer by Lauren Kivisalu

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Nature Glenelg Trust is holding a Working Bee on Sunday 5th June, starting 11am at a little wetland site at the end of East street in Narrawong. NGT has been working with the Narrawong District Primary School at this site since 2014 to restore the endangered...

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NGT’s Bryan Haywood talks Barking Owls on ABC Radio

Posted at 20 May 2016 at 18:38h in Media, News by Rose Thompson

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Following our recent Cork and Hoot event Bryan was invited to speak on ABC South East and ABC Adelaide about the regions owls and the upcoming Barking Owl surveys. In case you missed it you can have a listen to the audio, including Barking Owl calls,...

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Our coastal Karst Rising Springs are in the spotlight this May!

Posted at 11 May 2016 at 02:11h in Conservation of Glenelg Spiny Crayfish, Fish conservation, Media, News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East by Bryan Haywood

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The lower South East coast is home to a unique type of wetland called Karst Rising Springs. These environments are spring-fed wetlands and are found close to the coast from the Victorian border to near Bray (SE of Robe). Spring-fed wetlands or Karst Rising Springs (KRS)...

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Where’s Robbie? Our favourite bittern is missing in action…

Posted at 11 May 2016 at 02:08h in Long Swamp Restoration, Media, News by Mark Bachmann

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Just in case you haven't heard the news, it seems that Robbie, the Australasian Bittern that put our wetland restoration project at Long Swamp on the map, has disappeared 'off the radar'...

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