Rowan Swamp is an approximately 150 hectare wetland feature, situated near the township of Lake Rowan, in the Goulburn Broken CMA region about 40km north of Benalla.After about 18 months of eco-hydrological investigations and planning, in 2022 NGT installed a trial weir structure to restore...
The vegetation response in a restored Rowan Swamp. Photo: Mark Bachmann The last few months has been a bit hectic, so we hadn't yet managed to share a story from the 2023 edition of Wetlands Australia e-Magazine, published by the Australian Government, Department of Climate Change,...
On 16th March 2023, it was great for myself and Lachie to catch up with people from a range of organisations who have taken an interest in the restoration project at Rowan Swamp, hosted by the Reserve managers Parks Victoria. This was a chance for...
Over the past month, I have tried to drop in to a number of our major wetland restoration sites in SA and Victoria, given the unusually wet spring weather which has given most of these sites a real boost heading in to a later-than-usual summer...
Cropping is a major feature of the flats and floodplains surrounding Rowan Swamp Wildlife Reserve, so this update is provided against the sobering backdrop of knowing that many primary producers are doing it tough at the moment given the period of extended flooding across central...
In the Goulburn Valley (in northern Victoria near Benalla and Shepparton) it has been a very steady late winter and early spring for rainfall, which is giving the new Rowan Swamp restoration trial structure a real work-out!As we reported last month, we had literally only...
Rowan Swamp hasn't yet featured in our monthly email newsletter, but over the past 18 months Nature Glenelg Trust has been busy undertaking an independent eco-hydrological assessment of the Rowan Swamp Wildlife Reserve, in partnership with Parks Victoria. Rowan Swamp is an approximately 150 hectare...
