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A retrospective look at southern Grampians wetlands in the 1890s

Posted at 16 Aug 2014 at 00:13h in Brady Swamp Restoration Trial, Gooseneck Swamp Restoration Trial, News by Mark Bachmann

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For anyone with an interest in natural history, coming across a revealing historic reference is always an exciting moment. While doing some homework looking for historic material for the recently released report on Gooseneck Swamp, I came across a couple of fantastic articles from the Australasian...

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Photo of the week – 15 Aug 2014 – Pelicans at Lake Albert, SA

Posted at 16 Aug 2014 at 00:12h in News, Photo of the Month by Jonathan Tuck

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Australian Pelicans at Lake Albert, SA (Photo: J. Bourchier)[/caption] This shot was taken by NGT's Jess Bourchier at Lake Albert, near Meningie, SA. In Spring 2013 and Autumn 2014, NGT staff were based around the Coorong and Lower Lakes for a survivorship study of...

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Latest News! The Walker Swamp Restoration Trial gets underway…

Posted at 09 Aug 2014 at 20:43h in News, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve by Mark Bachmann

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The NGT blogs this week have a very "Southern Grampians" flavour - and this story is no different...

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NGT stories feature in Issue 25 of Wetlands Australia magazine

Posted at 09 Aug 2014 at 20:39h in Gooseneck Swamp Restoration Trial, Long Swamp Restoration, News, Seasonal Herbaceous Wetlands by Mark Bachmann

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The latest edition of Wetlands Australia magazine has just hit the web, and NGT features include updates on projects at Gooseneck Swamp and Long Swamp. You can read a pdf of Lachlan's article, summarising the first year of waterbird monitoring led by the Hamilton Field Naturalists...

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Gooseneck Swamp refills in 2014!

Posted at 09 Aug 2014 at 20:37h in Gooseneck Swamp Restoration Trial, News by Mark Bachmann

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What a difference a couple of weeks can make to a floodplain wetland! Back on the 21st July, parts of Gooseneck Swamp were just starting to pool with water, but the majority of the swamp (although the soil was saturated) was still dry. [caption id="attachment_6981" align="aligncenter" width="300"]...

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Getting to know the Hairy Burrowing Crayfish

Posted at 02 Aug 2014 at 11:03h in Burrowing Crayfish, News by Lauren Brown

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Last Sunday I finally had the pleasure of seeing one of western Victoria’s most cryptic and charismatic species, the Hairy Burrowing Crayfish (Engaues sericatus). Over the past few months, we have been meeting with Environmental Science students at Hawkesdale P-12 College and keeping a watchful...

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Revisiting Long Swamp – the 1953 Glenelg River Angling Club working bee at Nobles Rocks

Posted at 02 Aug 2014 at 10:56h in Long Swamp Restoration, News by Mark Bachmann

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In  previous blog (see here), we looked at some of the interesting oral history of Long Swamp and a newspaper article from 1953, when the Glenelg River Angling Club began to take an interest in the Nobles Rocks outlet. Here is the Border Watch article from...

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NGT Successful in Round 4 of the Victorian Communities for Nature Grants

Posted at 02 Aug 2014 at 10:55h in News by Mark Bachmann

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In some recent good news, we've just heard that a grant funding proposal that Lachie put together for working with the community and landholders at Deep Lake, near Derrinallum,  has been funded in Round 4 of the Communities for Nature Program in Victoria. To give you...

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The first Wannon River flows for 2014 reach Brady Swamp!

Posted at 25 Jul 2014 at 02:14h in Brady Swamp Restoration Trial, News by Mark Bachmann

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It feels like ages ago (way back in March) that a dedicated crew of volunteers helped us get the Brady Swamp restoration trial structure in place (see blog here). [caption id="attachment_6798" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The restoration trial structure on the artificial drainage outlet from Brady Swamp (which...

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SA Seasonal Herbaceous Wetlands Report

Posted at 25 Jul 2014 at 02:13h in News, Seasonal Herbaceous Wetlands by Cath Dickson

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The South East of South Australia and South West Victoria are home to an amazing variety of wetlands, including the newly listed critically endangered Seasonal Herbaceous Wetlands (Freshwater) of the Temperate Lowland Plains ecological community. In 2013, Nature Glenelg Trust refined the mapping and the ecological...

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