A few weeks ago (on Sunday 3rd March) we celebrated World Wildlife Day, and to mark the occasion this year I caught up with Rod Sparks on his Weekends Program on ABC South East SA.In a wide-ranging chat that included topics like environmental change, recovery...
This year is not only the 50th anniversary of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, but is also the first year in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.I was invited by the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, to explore...
Over the years at NGT we've worked on wetland restoration investigations and implemented projects at wide range of wetland types. If you have been following these stories for some time, you will have seen how valuable digital elevation data (a Digital Elevation Model or DEM,...
A 2021 survey site, showing typical wet shrubland habitat with a higher probability of detection for Swamp Antechinus. Photo: Mark Bachmann As a follow-up to last's months story about our exciting find at Hutt Bay, we are pleased to be able to share the news...
With little fanfare (although that may still be to come!), in the past couple of days we've noticed an update to the EPBC Act list of threatened ecological communities in Australia, on the Australian Government website.On the 15th of December 2020, the Karst springs and...
After seeing so many beautiful pictures of peacock spiders (Maratus spp.) on social media recently, I decided to head out bush myself in search of this elusive type of jumping spider. Knowing how small they are (only 3-5 mm), I wasn’t feeling overly confident but...
[caption id="attachment_18258" align="alignright" width="200"] Silver Xenica (Source: J Tuck)[/caption] The Silver Xenica Oreixenica lathoniella herceus is a small native butterfly, occurring in cool climate regions across South Eastern Australia and Tasmania. The species prefers open grassy woodland habitats and requires specific grass host plants during their...
After all the talks I have given over the years in various places about Piccaninnie Ponds (e.g. Mt Gambier, Adelaide, Portland, Hamilton, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Wellington (NZ) and Prague (CZ) - to name a few!), last year I was approached and asked to provide an...
Last Saturday I went on a bit of a trip down memory lane, as the Hamilton Field Naturalists Club (plus a couple of Portland Field Nats who also came along) came to see the various wetland restoration projects that have happened over the past decade...
The first of many working bees occurred within the Ramsar-listed Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park recently, whereby the Mt Gambier Friends of Parks group helped to create additional habitat through our Restoring Under-represented Ecological Communities project. This region-wide project (being run by Nature Glenelg Trust on...
