NGT were very fortunate to have the five staff from Treasury Wines Estates - Seppelt's Drumborg vineyard - volunteer for a day to assist with some tasks that required many hands. The volunteer crew spent the day at Mount Vandyke with NGT field staff in...
These photos were taken at NGT reserve Mount Vandyke. Rosemary & Andy are conducting weed control throughout the felled bluegum stumps (first photo), and all over the mount...
'Traffic' on the road to Mount Vandyke - an emu family in the Cobboboonee National Park The Year in Review The habitat restoration project at Mount Vandyke aims to restore/recreate habitat, including Victorian Volcanic Plains grassland, across the 34 hectare reserve in preparation for the reintroduction...
This month we're delighted to introduce the latest addition to the NGT team - Ben Holmes. Ben is an experienced fauna ecologist and conservation program manager, who will lead NGT's exciting small mammal reintroduction plans at Mt Vandyke (and beyond).Australia’s mysterious and eccentric native mammals...
In addition to the positive news we shared in another story this month - that we'll soon be working towards small mammal reintroductions inside our predator proof fence at Mt Vandyke - we also have a quick visual update on some other recent changes at...
As a follow-up to our most recent Eastern Quoll Hub update in the January newsletter, it was great to have a chat with ABC's Gavin McGrath on his Regional Victoria Saturday Breakfast program. If you'd like to catch up on our wide-ranging discussion about the...
As we approach the end of the calendar year, we've set ourselves a short-term goal of raising the funds required to initiate the next steps for one of NGT's most exciting long-term projects - at Mt Vandyke, our Restoration Reserve embedded within Cobboboonee National Park....
A couple of months ago, I received the very sad news of the death of Judy Glick, after a short illness over the preceding couple of months.Over a number of years, Judy had been a loyal, absolutely committed supporter of NGT’s work, beginning with an...
Thank goodness for the rain we've received recently. Hasn't it been wonderful to see and hear it! And why am I excited by that? Now that the rains have arrived, we've also just completed our autumn burning program of seven ecological burns in the last...
As part of the unfolding grassland restoration project at NGT's Mt Vandyke Restoration Reserve, a 6 hectare biomass reduction burn on the hillslopes has been on the cards for some time. The aim of this second burn (which is shown in the map below) was...
