The signs of two dry years are still lingering but one can't help but feel optimistic that we might have turned a corner. With Warrnambool falling just 0.5mm short of achieving its highest May rainfall on record, and similar trends occurring to the north and west,...
Back in April, Liam and I spent a week exploring the southern Grampians in search of permanent pools along the Wannon River to identity key drought refuge sites (permanent pools) for native aquatic species. These surveys were part of a wider project (generously funded by the Victorian...
Natural Resources South East and Nature Glenelg Trust joined forces over the last 7 months to roll out a number of community workshops as part of the Restoring Under-represented Ecological Communities project (RUEC). The aim of the workshops was to seek input and engage with the community, landholders...
Just in case you haven't heard of it yet, Eaglehawk Waterhole is 1700 acre private nature reserve owned and managed by NGT in the Upper South East of SA, near Frances. The property was purchased by NGT in late 2013 thanks to the generous support...
Without much fuss or fanfare, several weeks ago six species were added to the 'Vulnerable' category under our national environment legislation - the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. One of those species, the mainland sub-species of Swamp Antechinus (Antechinus minimus maritimus), occurs across a large stretch of NGT's focal...
[caption id="attachment_15062" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Community Volunteers busy at the East st Wetland Working Bee in Narrawong[/caption] A crowd of over 20 people joined NGT on a surprisingly sunny morning at Narrawong on Sunday the 5th of June, to give the East St wetland revegetation site some TLC. [caption id="attachment_15064"...
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,...
The Community Nursery has a new product on offer - Native Garden Plant Packs! Each pack consists of 20 native seedlings, grown from wild harvested seed and carefully selected for different parts of the South East of SA, and an information pack on the species...
Just in case you were wondering how dry it was in 2015, last year was the first time that some long-term locals we've spoken to recall not seeing Wannon River flows reach Gooseneck and Brady Swamps, at the south-eastern corner of the Grampians National Park. Given that permanent restoration...
On the last day of our autumn field season, we released 3250 of the nationally endangered Murray hardyhead into Rocky Gully, a Lower Murray floodplain wetland where the species once thrived. In South Australia, this small-bodied and salt tolerant species is considered critically endangered surviving as...
