In late October the year 5/6 class from Newbery Park Primary School joined NGT's Jess and Angus at Southend, SA jetty for a sustainable fishing workshop as part of the school's ongoing environmental and cultural education program. The sun was shining and it looked set...
Last month, year 11 students from Investigator College and year 4 and 5 students from Adelaide-based schools shed their sneakers, slid into waders and took on the aquatic environment to learn about threatened and introduced aquatic species. Their efforts were rewarded with a bounty of...
Don’t forget, if you’re still looking for last minute Christmas gifts, NGT has personalised cards available! Make a donation to NGT by Thursday 22nd December and you can be issued with a lovely card for the recipient to recognise a gift made on their behalf – see...
In what has been an interesting year on a personal level for wildlife encounters, the trend continues - with the sugar glider (Petaurus notatus) in the spotlight this time around! Before we go on, a quick word on taxonomy. Like the feathertail glider we reported on...
Readers may recall this article from last year, describing the first ever waterbird census of Lake Hawdon North, a 2,500 ha wetland inland from Robe in the South East of SA. As a wetland being considered for hydrological restoration under the Australian and South Australian...
Over the past year or so, we've been regularly featuring the butterfly species most at risk of extinction in south-eastern Australia in a series entitled Butterflies on the Brink. You can catch up on the previous articles at the following links: October 2021, December 2021...
It's a cliche, but doesn't time fly? As this newsletter reaches your inbox it is less than four weeks until Christmas! Here at NGT we know it can be hard to come up with gift ideas that are ethical and environmentally sound, or just to...
Upcoming field sampling starting this week will update population estimate data for the nationally threatened Glenelg Spiny Crayfish (also known as Pricklybacks) in the South East of SA. You many remember a couple of articles late last year announcing our most recent project on Glenelg...
We've said it before, and we'll say it again - NGT could not achieve all we do without the support of our amazing volunteers. Whether it is planting trees, sorting seeds, surveying flora and fauna, or filling sandbags to restore water levels in a drained...
In case you missed it, last month we released our third discussion paper in a series that is looking at the potential role of wetland restoration in urban development, using the wallan wallan wetlands north of Melbourne as a case study. In the weeks since,...
