Many community members would remember the feeling of satisfaction after helping build a trial stricture (made of 7000 sand bags) to regulate the final artificial outlet from Long Swamp at Nobles Rocks. This weir successfully resulted in the recovery of approximately 200 hectares of aquatic habitat...
Our monitoring of freshwater fish in autumn was covered by Channel Ten's "Scope TV" show, as they were interested in finding out how environmental flows and fish ladders are helping native species return to the River Torrens. In conjunction with our autumn Western Mt Lofty Ranges...
Students from Millicent High School and Newbery Park Primary School have started to transform the Honan to Woolwash wildlife corridor into what might one day become a 'bandicoot highway'! [caption id="attachment_27827" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Millicent High School students listening to planting instructions[/caption] The ForestrySA Biodiversity Corridor School Program’s aim...
As part of ForestrySA’s schools program I recently visited Glenburnie Primary School to talk to the Years 4-7 students about Connections in Nature. We began the session by brainstorming our favourite outdoor places and then our favourite animals. The students enthusiastically participated in the discussion about...
If you’re out and about in damp woodlands this time of year, you may run into a mysterious structure on the ground that looks a bit like a gherkin standing straight up in the leaf litter. Another of the many strange cousins in the fungi...
It is just over 12 months since we completed the restoration feasibility assessment for Glenshera Swamp in Stipiturus Conservation Park, and I am pleased to report that the planning has now been turned into the first stages of on-ground action! Thanks in particular to the Fleurieu Swamps...
NGT is helping to coordinate the Orange-bellied Parrot winter counts within Victoria's south-west region again this year, with Nicole Mojonnier taking on the coordination role as part of her internship with Nature Glenelg Trust. NGT's previous coordinator Lauren Kivisalu is currently on maternity leave. Recovery and management plans for...
Thanks to everyone who came along just before Easter to our final round of workshops with the community in Mount Compass (on Wednesday evening 12/4) and technical experts in Mount Barker (Thursday 13/4) for the Tookayerta Catchment (wetland restoration feasibility) Assessment project. Despite a much smaller...
For the first time since it was drained decades ago, Mt Burr Swamp will hold water through the autumn months until the coming winter - which is absolutely fantastic news. While obviously the wet spring last year provided us with the welcome rainfall we needed...
A few weeks ago, I was invited in to the ABC South East studio for a chat with Selina Green about the latest news from Mt Burr Swamp - so we spent a while discussing the results of the February 2017 Growling Grass Frog survey. You...