I have been pondering this question again lately, as I continue to come across interesting references in my travels, and the answer is - a lot! If you stop just for a moment and consider the sheer amount of time and number of generations that...
Humans have been using fences to manage domesticated animals for thousands of years, but their use and form in more recent years has evolved considerably to the point that they are now a commonly used tool for conservation projects.While fences are not and never will...
At the end of July, Lachie and Tom met with an eager group of volunteers to complete the first round of data retrievals for our remote monitoring project in the Grampians. Field cameras and AudioMoth sound recorders had been deployed a month prior at various...
In the south west of Victoria we are currently experiencing one of the wettest winters for a long time. Driving across the landscape, it has been quite revealing to see lots of wetlands showing their face, and many streams running at levels usually seen in...
Themeda grassland on the Burrungule railway line taken in 2000 Native grasslands and grassy woodlands once sprawled across large areas of the South East of South Australia and western Victoria, generally on heavier soils and maintained by regular burning by First Nations people. After European colonisation...
The karst rising-springs (KRS) around Port MacDonnell represent an important but threatened ecosystem supporting a diverse range of flora and fauna, including the nationally endangered Glenelg Spiny Freshwater Crayfish Euastacus bispinosus and the nationally vulnerable Variegated Pygmy Perch Nannoperca variegata. In South Australia, Glenelg Spiny...
The NGT planting crew has been busy with a range of revegetation projects through the winter. We began July with a small sea of native seedlings in the NGT nursery, and bit by bit they’ve gone out to new homes at restoration sites across the...
As long time readers of the Nature Glenelg Trust newsletter will know, a significant focus for our organisation is freshwater species conservation and research. These activities have been conducted under our 'Aquasave-NGT' banner since mid-2012, and continue the legacy of high quality aquatic research commenced...
South Australia's Nature Festival is back for a second time, and this year NGT is taking part. The festival is 10 days of events, encounters, and experiences to celebrate our love of nature in South Australia, and there are events throughout the state. There are...
Since the previous update in June, we've seen the end of financial year come and go, and what a fantastic dent we have made in the land purchase loan for Mt Vandyke! A month ago we still had $185,609 to go, and this has now...
