Dragonfly emergence – a special moment captured at BirdLife outing to Walker Swamp
Did you know that dragonflies spend their early life stages in water? Read on to find out more...
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A weekend of wetland exploration with the South East Australian Naturalists’ Association
Posted at 27 Apr 2021 at 15:24h
in News, Brady Swamp Restoration Trial, Gooseneck Swamp Restoration Trial, Green Swamp Restoration Reserve, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve
by Mark Bachmann
On the weekend of the 17th and 18th of April, the Hamilton Field Naturalists' Club hosted the South East Australian Naturalists' Association (SEANA) autumn 2021 campout. The event had been cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19, so it was great to see it go ahead...
Water levels and rates of filling across Walker Swamp in 2020
Late last winter we were feeling less than optimistic about how the season was unfolding, albeit with a glimmer of hope from the BOM long-term forecast. Fortunately, that forecast was correct and we experienced the best spring rainfall we have seen since working across these...
Volunteers get crafty for crays
If you like handicrafts, you've probably heard of a crafternoon (an afternoon crafting event), but have you heard of a CRAYfternoon? No? Well, we might have made the term up, but it fits perfectly for our recent working bees where our volunteers made more than...
Orange-bellied Parrot season off to an early start
Posted at 27 Apr 2021 at 15:14h
in News, National Landcare Programme, OBP Recovery, Volunteer
by Jess Bourchier
After a great Orange-bellied Parrot (OBP) season on the mainland last year, the good news kept on coming throughout the summer. By the end of winter, 52 OBPs returned to Melaleuca, Tasmania to join successful captive bred and released birds, resulting in 76 OBPs in...
Exploring the hydrological restoration potential of the Aldinga Washpool and Blue Lagoon
Over the next year and a half NGT will be exploring the hydrological restoration potential of the Washpool and Blue Lagoon, coastal wetlands located at Aldinga near the southern edge of metropolitan Adelaide, with support from the Green Adelaide Grassroots Grant program. These wetlands are...
For new NGT Newsletter subscribers… in case you missed it
Over the past couple of months, since the ABC news story about Walker Swamp resonated around the world in February, we've continued to see an increase in new subscribers to the NGT monthly email newsletter - which is really fantastic. If you are one of...
Coming soon… An exciting new NGT initiative is just around the corner!
Keep an eye out for the NGT Newsletter in April or May, when you will hear all about our latest restoration initiative and your chance to be part of creating NGT's 8th Restoration Reserve. This exciting new project is our soon to be announced 'end...
NGT kicks off a complex eco-hydrological investigation on the east coast of Tasmania
Over the past couple of weeks, Ben and I have had the opportunity to kick off a new project on the east coast of Tasmania, near Freycinet National Park, and it turns out we arrived just in time to experience a major episodic rainfall event...
“We can’t engineer away flooding” – La Niña event highlights the importance of retaining and restoring wetlands in both urban and rural Australia
The recent stories of flooding across the eastern part of our continent have once again brought the complex issue of floodplain development into sharp focus. Let's start by thinking a little about land use change in rural Australia...