Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East

Posted at 27 Jun 2023 at 20:17h in News, Mount Vandyke Restoration Reserve, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East by
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On a wet couple of days in early June the long-awaited first stage of habitat restoration works got underway at Mount Vandyke. 3000+ grasses and sedges from Arborline Nursery in Hamilton were planted by Nature Glenelg Trust staff into the scalped (i.e. scraped) trial site...

Posted at 31 Mar 2023 at 12:09h in News, Mount Vandyke Restoration Reserve, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Species of the month by
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This month our 'species of the month' is Carex iynx, which - to be honest - is not a plant that any of us knew too much about until very recently. Generally it is observed as an occasional occurrence in grasslands and moist woodlands in...

Posted at 28 Nov 2019 at 10:47h in News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Species of the month by
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Prescribed burning is a well documented and necessary management tool for improving the viability of a number of our threatened plant populations, especially those with germination cues that are triggered by this form of natural disturbance. In a previous 'species of the month' post we...

Posted at 19 Sep 2019 at 15:10h in Bushcare, News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Southern Brown Bandicoot, Wetland Restoration by
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Threatened Species projects form a large part of what NGT does; helping native fish, rare birds, reptiles, small mammals, bats, marine creatures, frogs or insects. We try to do it all, but we rely on the support of volunteers, community groups, businesses, local, state and...

Posted at 27 Nov 2018 at 22:00h in Art and Nature, News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Swamp Gum Woodlands by
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The following report is from a trip I made to the Australian Entomological Society Conference, which was held from 23-26th September 2018, in Alice Springs. I was fortunate enough to be accepted as a speaker within the Conservation Symposium and prepared a presentation about the...

Posted at 10 Oct 2018 at 11:31h in News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Species of the month, Threatened Orchid translocation, Threatened Orchids by
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The orchid flowering season is well upon us and the following photograph is of the Metallic Sun-orchid or Thelymitra epipactoides which is a nationally threatened orchid species. This photograph was taken at the translocation site in Desert Camp recently by one of our valued volunteers...

Posted at 06 Jul 2018 at 19:11h in News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Swamp Gum Woodlands by
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[caption id="attachment_29350" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Silver Xenica set free in its new home at Honan NFR[/caption] The Silver Xenica butterfly translocation project has completed year one in the recovery of the species in South Australia. 40 females and 20 males have been carefully captured and transported from...

Posted at 09 Jun 2018 at 00:58h in News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East by
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Karst rising-springs (KRS) in the South East of South Australia represent important, but highly threatened ecosystems for a diversity of flora and fauna species. In fact, almost a third of the freshwater fish species of South Australia occur in these ecosystems. Building on a number...