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What do dwarf galaxias, orchids and woodland birds have in common?

Posted at 23 Jul 2016 at 03:27h in Dwarf Galaxias, News, Threatened flora Western Volcanic Plains, Threatened Orchids by Jonathan Tuck

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They're a few of the fascinating things to be found at our Maam Water Reserve project site, just out of Warrnambool! [caption id="attachment_15334" align="alignright" width="420"] Dwarf galaxias (Galaxiella pusillla) (image: M. Hammer)[/caption] Things have been steadily ticking along over the last few months at this small wetland reserve...

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A quick trip to Sydney for a day of inspiring restoration success stories!

Posted at 23 Jul 2016 at 03:26h in News by Mark Bachmann

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Last Thursday (the 21st July 2016), I was very privileged to be one of 14 speakers from around Australia who were invited to share their restoration success stories - to mark the launch of the National Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration in Australia, and...

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Photo of the Week – Smooth Cage fungus (Ileodictyon gracile) near Lake Mundi, Vic

Posted at 23 Jul 2016 at 03:23h in News, Photo of the Month by Jonathan Tuck

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Have a look at one of the strangest fungi you'll see...

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Mainland Forgotten Fauna: Part 2 – Where have the dingoes gone?

Posted at 12 Jul 2016 at 14:49h in News, Threatened mainland fauna by Mark Bachmann

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In Part 1 of this series, we got a sense of what the wildlife was like in the region in the 1890s, just a short time before the arrival of foxes. But where was the Dingo? - Since its recent arrival in Australia (only about 4000...

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ID Quiz puts minds to work at the Orange-bellied Parrot Info Session

Posted at 12 Jul 2016 at 14:48h in News, OBP Recovery by Lauren Kivisalu

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It was great to meet a really interested crowd at our OBP Info Session in Koroit on Saturday 25th, with many local groups represented, such as the Warrnambool BirdLife branch, Portland Field Naturalists, and Killarney Coastcare. Rachel Pritchard (from DELWP) and I gave an overview of the...

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20 Million Trees planting complete for this year

Posted at 12 Jul 2016 at 14:47h in 20 Million Trees, National Landcare Programme, News by Rose Thompson

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You may remember from recent blogs (here and here) that we have been undertaking a large revegetation planting at Eaglehawk Waterhole. The initial four day planting stint was followed up by two shorter one and two days sessions to complete the task for this year. Roughly 7500 seedlings...

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Seeking the help of landholders with a Heritage Agreement in SA

Posted at 12 Jul 2016 at 14:46h in News by Mark Bachmann

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This message is from Julie Groce at Monash University, undertaking research into private land conservation across Australia...

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Attracting Butterflies to your Garden – book available now from NGT

Posted at 12 Jul 2016 at 14:33h in Community Nursery Project, News by Rose Thompson

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Another excellent book is available for purchase from the NGT office in Mt Gambier - Attracting Butterflies to your Garden: What to Grow and Conserve in the Adelaide Region.  This beautifully presented full-colour book is packed with information about butterfly gardening. While the title is specific to...

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Little Dip Spider Orchid Planting Day

Posted at 12 Jul 2016 at 14:33h in News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East by Jess Bourchier

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Last month, on June the 28th, the last of our native orchids were planted out on to private property near Robe, with 41 Little Dip Spider-orchids (Caladenia richardsiorum) planted in-between rain showers for the Restoring the Under-represented Ecological Communities project. Last year NGT planted nearly 900 purpose...

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Mainland Forgotten Fauna: Part 1 – It’s 1893 and time to go hunting at Strathdownie

Posted at 28 Jun 2016 at 11:47h in News, Threatened mainland fauna by Mark Bachmann

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A few recent events and discussions have got me thinking about how little today we think about what our ground-dwelling mammalian forest fauna was really like across south-eastern Australia; both before the arrival of Europeans (including, long before that, dingoes arriving in Australia), and then after...

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