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‘SA Marine Life… Up Close’ talk in Mt Gambier – 7pm Fri Apr 4 (& rockpool ramble the next morning…)

Posted at 31 Mar 2014 at 10:25h in Community Biodiversity Events 2014, Cross-border Community Events Calendar, News by Jonathan Tuck

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The Up Close events for April are on their way! The Up Close program is heading to the coast for April with a marine theme, starting with SA marine life events at Mt Gambier and Port MacDonnell this weekend. Download a pdf of the flyer here,...

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Little Penguin Monitoring Season Wrap Up 2013-14

Posted at 18 Mar 2014 at 21:01h in Middle Island Penguin Project 2013-14, News by Lauren Kivisalu

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The autumn break signals the end of the breeding season for many of our seabirds. With most of the Little Penguins at Middle Island now finished their annual moult, there won't be much activitity at Middle Island for the months ahead. With our dusk arrival count schedule...

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A nice article about Pick Swamp…

Posted at 18 Mar 2014 at 20:58h in News, Piccaninnie Ponds by Mark Bachmann

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  Thanks to Bob Green, the Convenor of BirdLife South East SA, for sending through this article about Pick Swamp (also see image below). I don't get down there so often any more, but it is a place that I continue to have a close connection to. As...

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Up Close events continue with a Butterfly ID Day – Sun March 23

Posted at 14 Mar 2014 at 12:41h in Community Biodiversity Events 2014, Cross-border Community Events Calendar, News by Jonathan Tuck

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The next Up Close event is on Sunday March 23 at 9.30am SA time, when local butterfly expert Bryan Haywood from Forestry SA visits Dartmoor for an outdoor workshop on the identification of the butterflies of South East SA and South West Victoria. Bryan will...

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Art & science come together as the ‘Up Close’ events begin!

Posted at 14 Mar 2014 at 12:40h in Community Biodiversity Events 2014, Cross-border Community Events Calendar, News by Jonathan Tuck

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The 2014 Biodiversity ‘Up Close’ events started not with a bang on Wednesday night, but the calm sound of pencils moving carefully across art paper. Local artist & botanist Yvonne Riley took a full class through the process of creating a botanical illustration - just like...

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Up Close events for March 2014 – botanical illustration and butterflies

Posted at 06 Mar 2014 at 03:17h in Community Biodiversity Events 2014, News by Jonathan Tuck

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There are some exciting "Up Close" events coming up in March! The 2014 program kicks off on Wednesday March 12 with the first session of a 4 week botanical illustration course with local artist and botanist Yvonne Riley. Hosted at the NGT Community Nursery in Vansittart...

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Happenings at Eaglehawk Waterhole over recent weeks…

Posted at 06 Mar 2014 at 03:15h in Eaglehawk Waterhole Habitat Restoration Reserve, News by Mark Bachmann

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In a busy few weeks out at Eaglehawk Waterhole, Jonathan and Lauren (both of NGT) have completed the initial mapping tasks, which will enable us to get started on the development of a property restoration plan over the months ahead. Last week I also had the...

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Catching up with Habitat 141 Zone 2 partners in Natimuk

Posted at 06 Mar 2014 at 03:14h in Eaglehawk Waterhole Habitat Restoration Reserve, News by Mark Bachmann

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For those that haven't heard of it, "Habitat 141" is the name given to a BIG concept that is about restoring and connecting habitats in the landscape either side of the 141st line of longitude (that is the line that was meant to be the...

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Autumn calendar and 2014 ‘Up Close’ events are here!

Posted at 24 Feb 2014 at 14:23h in Community Biodiversity Events 2014, Cross-border Community Events Calendar, News by Jonathan Tuck

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Nature Glenelg Trust along with Natural Resources SE and a host of partners bring you the Biodiversity ‘Up Close’ events for 2014 – a series of walks, talks and opportunities for you and the family to meet the experts and learn about the amazing things nature...

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Calling interested landowners! – Bat survey time kicks off soon in the Upper South East…

Posted at 19 Feb 2014 at 18:20h in News, Upper SE bat project by Mark Bachmann

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Our resident bat guru, Cath Dickson is having a well-earned break at the moment, but she sent through some information for me to pass onto everyone about one of her current projects...

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