In previous blogs we have introduced readers to Lake Hawdon North, a 2,500 ha wetland located about 15 km inland from Robe in the South East of SA. This seasonal wetland of fresh-brackish habitats is proposed for hydrological restoration (to reduce the impacts of artificial...
Wood Engraving By Adolf Vollmy Every year in November, Facebook reminds me of perhaps the earliest documented case of a citizen science project. The story goes, that in the early morning of November 12, 1833, the sky over North America seemed to explode with falling stars....
NGT's Scott Huntley has been finding lots of cute turtles during surveys recently. This little Short-necked Turtle on the right looks like he's smiling! Long-necked Turtle at Lyrup Lagoon in the SA Riverland. Photo: Scott Huntley Short-necked Turtle at the Pike RIver in the SA Riverland. Photo:...
Thanks to funding from the Victorian Government, Lisa, Ayesha, Greg, Lachie and Tom have been busy over the past three months introducing young people from around the region to values of Walker Swamp. The short term project had a focus on engaging youth aged between...
Volunteers are worth their weight in gold! Hence, when I was invited to speak at the Millicent Field Naturalists Society 60th Birthday celebration I was chuffed, as this group contributes so much, in so many ways.The celebration commenced out at Millicent's beautiful Lake McIntyre, with...
OneFortyOne have recently sponsored a project with Nature Glenelg Trust and Burrandies Aboriginal Corporation to help tackle the issue of wild pines that have spread into bushland in the Green Triangle cross-border region of SA and Victoria. This three year trial project hopes to cover...
The butterfly family Hesperiidae contains a large group of butterflies referred to as 'Skippers'. In the Green Triangle region of south-east South Australia and western Victoria we have many butterflies in this family, occurring from inland mallee and low rainfall sandy heathlands to the...
The recaptured Spotted-tailed Quoll. Photo by Frank Pao-Ling Tsai. In a flurry of activity late last month, word spread fast of news of a Spotted-tailed Quoll being captured in what seemed like the most unlikely of places - a rural property situated on the South East...
At the recent Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) International Conference in Darwin, I had the privilege of representing NGT and our ongoing work with the Minyumai Land Holding Aboriginal Corporation, who own and manage the Minyumai Indigenous Protected Area in northern NSW within Bandjalang Country,...
While I was in Darwin recently for the Society for Ecological Restoration's International Conference, I was asked to do a short interview for the Australian Association of Bush Regenerators (AABR) to give some insights into NGT's approach to the restoration of ecological processes. While there...
