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Recharge Farms project community events at Mt Burr Swamp and Hutt Bay are in full swing! Burrowing crays, watercolours, brolgas, and more…

Posted at 31 Oct 2022 at 14:14h in News, Environmental Education, Hutt Bay Wetland, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, Regional Recharge Farms by Jess Bourchier

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It’s been a very busy couple of months with a large number of volunteer events and school groups at both Hutt Bay and Mt Burr Swamp as part of the Recharge Farms project being delivered in partnership with the Limestone Coast Landscape Board (in case...

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Recapping NGT’s 10th Anniversary Tour of the Fleurieu Peninsula!

Posted at 31 Oct 2022 at 14:13h in News, Aldinga Washpool, Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps by Tessa Roberts

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On Saturday the 8th of October, a cast of 38 eager people jumped on the NGT bus bright and early in Adelaide for our 10th Anniversary Tour of the Fleurieu Peninsula. Because the tour was also part of the Nature Festival of South Australia, in...

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After the floods … the return to Minyumai in northern NSW

Posted at 31 Oct 2022 at 14:13h in News, Minyumai by Ben Taylor

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Back in March 2022, we introduced readers to Minyumai Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) in coastal northern New South Wales. Owned and managed by Bundjalung traditional custodians through the Minyumai Land Holding Aboriginal Corporation (MLHAC), Minyumai IPA is a 2,163 hectare property of forests and wetlands...

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Latest news on the Rowan Swamp restoration trial during the central Victorian floods

Posted at 31 Oct 2022 at 14:07h in News, Rowan Swamp Restoration Trial by Mark Bachmann

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Cropping is a major feature of the flats and floodplains surrounding Rowan Swamp Wildlife Reserve, so this update is provided against the sobering backdrop of knowing that many primary producers are doing it tough at the moment given the period of extended flooding across central...

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Friends of Forgotten Woodlands continue to recreate masterpieces and natural landscapes in the Southern Grampians

Posted at 31 Oct 2022 at 11:52h in News, Long Point Restoration Reserve by Lisa McIntyre

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The Friends of Forgotten Woodlands (FOFW) is a volunteer group working to recreate the woodland communities that were once a keystone in the ecology of the Victorian Volcanic Plains. Bill Weatherly from the group has spent a great deal of time studying paintings of western...

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Are wetlands our ‘smoking gun’ for land-based carbon mitigation? The full picture is complicated…

Posted at 31 Oct 2022 at 11:50h in News, Wetland Restoration by Lachlan Farrington

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It is estimated that 20-30% of the world's terrestrial carbon (i.e. excluding the atmosphere and oceans) is stored in wetlands. When you consider that wetlands only occupy 5 to 8% of the land mass, their carbon storage capacity is pretty impressive and for this reason,...

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Seats Still Available! – NGT’s 10th Anniversary Tour of the Fleurieu Peninsula (SA): Saturday 8th October 2022

Posted at 02 Oct 2022 at 13:40h in News by Ben Taylor

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As part of our ongoing 10th Anniversary Celebrations, Nature Glenelg Trust is inviting friends and supporters to join us for a fascinating bus tour of the Fleurieu Peninsula. During this bus tour we will drop by a number of sites where the NGT team has...

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Join us for Watercolour & Wine by the Wetland

Posted at 02 Oct 2022 at 13:06h in News, Art and Nature, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve by Jess Bourchier

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Join us, in collaboration with Mount Gambier based artist Julia Reader for a watercolour painting workshop at Mount Burr Swamp, drawing inspiration from the flora and fauna found at the reserve. All painting materials, and plenty of food will be provided. A special mention to...

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Southern Grampians planting days and spring camp-out at Walker Swamp are coming up very soon – and you are invited!

Posted at 02 Oct 2022 at 13:06h in News, Long Point Restoration Reserve, Volunteer, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve by Tom Sheehan

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If you love a good tree planting session, we've got you covered this October. On Saturday the 15th October we'll be planting in partnership with "Friends of the Forgotten Woodlands" along the Wannon River at NGT's Long Point Reserve, on the edge of Dunkeld. Then...

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The Rowan Swamp restoration trial is getting a serious work-out!

Posted at 02 Oct 2022 at 13:05h in News, Rowan Swamp Restoration Trial by Mark Bachmann

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In the Goulburn Valley (in northern Victoria near Benalla and Shepparton) it has been a very steady late winter and early spring for rainfall, which is giving the new Rowan Swamp restoration trial structure a real work-out!As we reported last month, we had literally only...

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