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Late season rain sets up southern Grampians wetlands for another good year

Posted at 02 Oct 2022 at 13:05h in News, Green Swamp Restoration Reserve, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve, Wannon River, Wetland Restoration by Lachlan Farrington

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It's shaping up to be another "half-decent" year for wetlands around the southern tip of the Grampians. Despite a very dry autumn and winter, spring rains arrived to get the catchment running. The Wannon River has been flowing south of Lynchs Crossing Rd since mid-August...

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Nelson sees community-led action for the Southern Brown Bandicoot and other small native mammals

Posted at 02 Oct 2022 at 13:05h in News, Threatened mainland fauna, Volunteer, Weeds by Jonathan Tuck

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For the last 12 months, NGT’s bushcare crew has been working steadily away near the end of the Glenelg River at Nelson, on a DELWP-funded project tasked with battling invasive woody weeds.The key objective of the project is to help protect and improve key native...

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Long Point (Tas) Wetland Restoration Works – Six months on!

Posted at 02 Oct 2022 at 13:05h in News, Moulting Lagoon and Apsley Marshes by Bec Sheldon

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Justine and I recently undertook a trip to Long Point, adjacent to Moulting Lagoon on the east coast of Tasmania. The aim of this trip was to download data from a network of water level and salinity loggers now installed across the site. It was...

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What can we learn from an inspiring long-term vision of river restoration being implemented in the Netherlands?

Posted at 02 Oct 2022 at 13:02h in News by Mark Bachmann

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The other day I was forwarded a fascinating story about a large-scale river restoration project in the Netherlands, which got me thinking about a number of things that relate to not just NGT's work here in Australia, but also the way that the environmental sector...

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Why reversing the recent downturn in volunteering will be good for community health

Posted at 02 Oct 2022 at 13:00h in News, Volunteer by Lachlan Farrington

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Data collected as part of the 2021 Census has highlighted that the number of people undertaking unpaid or volunteer work fell by 19% compared to 2016. COVID has played a big part in this decline but it's not the only factor, the decline has been...

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Introducing NGT’s new Business Operations Manager, and getting ready for the final step to emerge from our 10 year review

Posted at 02 Oct 2022 at 12:59h in News by Mark Bachmann

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Further to this update back in April, it is great to be able to introduce and welcome Carmen Bliss, our new Business Operations Manager and the final member of NGT's new management team. Carmen is based in Mount Gambier, but her administrative role covers the...

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Orange-bellied Parrot soon to migrate to Tasmania for breeding

Posted at 02 Oct 2022 at 12:58h in News, OBP Recovery by Jess Bourchier

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As the weather warms up and the north westerly winds move in, members of the Orange-bellied Parrot population will 'hitch a ride' and catch the breeze back to Tasmania for their breeding season. This means the mainland season for the Orange-bellied Parrot is coming to...

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Fauna surveys aplenty! – from Wilkin, to Hutt Bay and Mount Burr Swamp

Posted at 02 Oct 2022 at 12:57h in News, Hutt Bay Wetland, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, Regional Recharge Farms by Bryan Haywood

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NGT have been contracted (in South East SA and western Vic) to undertake many terrestrial fauna and flora surveys over the autumn-winter-spring-summer period of 2022. In fact, that has been our busiest run for this type of work in the past 10 years!Needless to say,...

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Photo of the month: Brolga continue to give the tick of approval to NGT’s wetland restoration projects

Posted at 02 Oct 2022 at 12:57h in News, Hutt Bay Wetland, Photo of the Month by Mark Bachmann

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Much of what goes on in a wetland after we've undertaken remedial works to restore hydrology or manage other threats, goes on quietly without fuss. For fish, frogs, crayfish and many of the smaller water birds, you actually have to go looking closely to find...

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Postponed – Mighty Murray Crayfish Community Day – postponed due to high river flows

Posted at 23 Aug 2022 at 19:14h in News, Murray crayfish by Sylvia Zukowski

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Postponed due to very high river flows. The Murray Crayfish, second largest Crayfish in the world, will be showcased in a community field day at Barham, NSW on Sunday 11 September. All are welcome to attend and learn about the biology and ecology, past research,...

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