We have hit the ground running over the past month, with site preparation now complete ahead of predator-proof fence construction at Mt Vandyke. Construction of the fence itself is due to commence in March. Gravel that we are using for the fence base and all-season access...
The Friends of the Great South West Walk (FoGSWW) are currently hosting their annual supported walk, where a small group of about 15 hikers complete the full 250 km circuit - with a little bit of extra help (in terms of meals and equipment) provided...
We're very excited about the next event in our workshop series centred around Hutt Bay: this time we'll be learning about the area's Boandik cultural heritage with Aunty Michelle Jacquelin-Furr. Back in 2018 we worked with Aunty Michelle in ForestrySA's biodiversity schools program in which...
A friend once commented that I must be one of the most relaxed people on the planet given all the time I get to spend at some of the wonderful locations where we work. It probably does seem that way from the outside but to...
Since the early days of NGT, environmental education has been an integral part of what we do. We have worked both on a once-off basis and developed longer-term programs with local primary and secondary schools in South Australia and Victoria to help students learn more...
Murray hardyhead is an endangered native fish that now persists in less than 15 subpopulations patchily distributed across its former range across the southern Murray-Darling Basin. The species experienced major population declines during the Millennium Drought when many sites deteriorated and became disconnected. Nick, Sylvia,...
Conservation translocations are increasingly considered necessary in the recovery of threatened species. Translocations for population restoration generally fall into two categories: Reintroduction: returning a species back to former habitat; orReinforcement: releasing into existing population to bolster numbers and/or improve genetics. Translocations can be complex, and the...
Ecological assessment and monitoring continues at Long Point, Moulting Lagoon. During two hot and windy trips to Long Point in November and December 2021, Bec and Justine, together with John Aalders (University of Tasmania), undertook vegetation surveys at established transects across Long Point. John’s work...
Regular readers will recall, from a previous blog, a project at Yundi Nature Conservancy, where NGT is helping landholder and conservationist John Fargher restore an area of the critically endangered Fleurieu Peninsula Swamp ecological community. The property includes some intact areas of Fleurieu Peninsula Swamp,...
When my son Dale got home from his seasonal (DELWP) fire crew work out in the south-western Victorian bush the other day, it was just like any other day...
