I recently had the opportunity to do something a little different to normal (that is, at least for an ecologist like me!), being invited to attend and participate in the second Dunkeld Writers Festival from the 17th - 20th August. Nature Glenelg Trust is very...
The NGT team had a second planting day at Mount Vandyke in early August, where added another 5000 poa grasses as part of our grassland restoration project at the site. This safe-haven (predator-proof) reserve adjacent Cobboboonee National Park (north-west of Portland in Victoria) will one...
After the success of NGT's recent saltmarsh restoration works on the Tasmanian Land Conservancy's (TLC) Long Point Reserve, adjacent to Moulting Lagoon, we are delighted to be working again with the TLC at Sloping Main, one of their newest Reserves situated on the Tasman Peninsula....
Last month, we featured a story about the big wet that followed the early break in some parts of south-eastern Australia in June. Indeed, it was that article which triggered interest from statewide ABC radio in Victoria, who were keen to check in with us...
The Murray Crayfish is the second largest freshwater crayfish in the world, and hadn't been seen in South Australia for 40 years, due to over-fishing and degradation of its preferred riverine habitat. Following the recent flooding and improvement of water quality, Nature Glenelg Trust...
In a previous newsletter article back in March this year (which you can read here), we talked about ecological restoration being about much more than simply planting trees. But if we take a step back even further, exactly what is ecological restoration and what tools...
It has been a pretty wet year for those of us based in south-east South Australia and south-west Victoria. What has been surprising, in comparison to recent history, is the timing of this wet period. We are more used to seeing things start to wet...
Last month we shared with readers the story of recent works at Stipiturus Conservation Park, near Mt Compass, south of Adelaide. Sandbag structures first installed in 2017 were covered with soil, using a small excavator, in early April this year, converting them from temporary to...
It's planting season! NGT's Mount Gambier field crew have been busy planting natives at Timberlands, Penola. The team have been adding habitat complexity with a range of locally occurring shrub and tree species: NGT Mt Gambier field crew from left Angus Samson, Tom Josephs, Blake-Alexander Kerslake NGT's...
Thanks to a recent episode of ABC TV's Back Roads, I've had a few people reach out in the past couple of weeks to ask me about my own 'backyard' in the cross-border zone between Victoria and South Australia - a special part of the...
