Until recently, invertebrates were not considered under threatened species legislation in South Australia. Thankfully, this has now changed and a small group of experts is working to identify and nominate threatened invertebrates under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 (South Australia) and/or Environmental...
Back in August, we announced the commencement of a new project which is placing the endangered Glenelg Spiny Crayfish under the spotlight. In addition to collecting important population estimates in the South East of SA, we are keen to hear from anyone in the community...
Over the 9th and 10th November, with help from Friends of Shorebirds SE (FoSSE) and the University of Adelaide (UofA), NGT undertook the first ever comprehensive waterbird census of Lake Hawdon North in the South East of SA. At over 2,500 hectares in size, and...
In late October we undertook a reconnaissance trip to explore the Apsley Marshes Ramsar site, located immediately adjacent to the northern end of Moulting Lagoon. The east coast of Tasmania has been experiencing an unusual number of east coast lows this spring, which together with...
Over the past month we've been busy with a whole heap of environmental education events around the South East, from Eaglehawk in the north to Hutt Bay in the south. On 5th November, thanks to the support of the Coast Protections Board’s Community Participation Grant, I...
A big thank you to Doug Craig, a neighbour and long-term friend of NGT, for sending in this spectacular image of Brady Swamp in November 2021. With early and sustained river flows this year helping to offset the impact of upstream artificial diversions (which have...
The diversity and abundance of native invertebrates is declining globally, which could have significant consequences for ecosystem functioning. The Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) are well studied in Australia compared with other invertebrates, so we know that some species are imperiled or declining. Despite this, few...
Last month we let you know that the feasibility of restoration at Lake Hawdon North, near Robe SA, is being investigated through the Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin program, and that NGT has designed baseline ecological monitoring for the project. Well, this month, monitoring got underway...
As we near 10 years (coming up in January 2022) since the NGT experiment began, it has been a long, meandering, at times difficult, but also very rewarding journey.If you'd like to learn about the story of NGT (from yours truly) and also hear from...
The end of year is fast approaching but we still have a few events and volunteer opportunities to finish off 2021. See our full schedule below. As well as our regular nursery sessions (held every Friday at the moment), we have two workshops coming up...
