Several days ago I took a call from Michael Stead, President of the Nature Conservation Society of SA, who rang to inform me about the decision of their Committee about making a contribution towards the NGT fundraiser for the purchase of Mt Burr Swamp. Perhaps not...
The annual monitoring event for the South Australian population of Eared Worm-lizards was recently undertaken at Furner forest, north of Millicent in the lower South East. The Eared Worm Lizard or Aprasia aurita, only discovered in South Australia in 1997, is a species of legless...
Have you gone for a wander around a freshwater wetland lately or even a dam? Well, if you haven't I suggest on the next sunny day that you do. Apart from avoiding the scaly things 'that slip and slide around' and the things that 'suck...
A couple of weeks ago, I was fortunate to join the students from the Narrawong District Primary School again to have a chat about a unique local resident - the Freshwater Burrowing Crayfish! There are two species found throughout the south-west Victorian region: the Hairy...
Yvonne and I recently made a quick trip to Melbourne to attend part of the 11th Australasian Plant Conservation Conference. We were particularly interested to take part in a field trip to learn about native grass seed production and see if there were any lessons that could be applied to...
A small group of dedicated community members were not deterred by the winter-like weather (13'C, rainy, and windy) on Sunday 13th November, but braved the conditions to venture out to our native butterfly workshop at the Portland Community Garden. The community garden Landcare group had...
Last weekend Lauren V and Jess held the first of this summer's Fishing for the Future Clinics with the Naracoorte Scout Troupe. Two clinics were held at the Robe marina to teach the youth the basics of sustainable fishing practices. These include why we have size...
Last month, I had the opportunity to travel to Hobart and speak about our mulloway citizen science project at the Australian Society for Fish Biology Conference. It was a great chance to share some research results and highlight the important role of citizen science in...
I recently had the pleasure of attending the annual Australian Society for Limnology (ASL) Conference in Ballarat. The theme of this year’s conference was ‘Waters of past and present: shaping pathways for future management‘ and focused on decision making in times of uncertainty. This theme...
The September 2016 edition of Australian Birdlife magazine features a great story by Matt Herring, Inka Veltheim and Andrew Silcocks, which tells the full story of Robbie the Bittern, as well as the wider Bitterns in Rice satellite tracking project, which has taught us so much...