Nature Glenelg Trust (NGT), in partnership with NRM South, have been undertaking independent eco-hydrological assessments and developing hydrological restoration plans for priority properties within or adjacent to the Moulting Lagoon and Apsley Marshes Ramsar sites since 2020. Investigations at Devil’s Corner commenced in 2025 and...
It’s been almost a year since we commenced our eco-hydrology assessment and restoration planning for the Tasmanian Land Conservancy’s (TLC) Silver Plains Reserve. Now, the trial restoration process has begun, following a draft restoration plan which was completed in June 2026. You can read some...
While revisiting some of NGT's wetland restoration sites in Tassie over the past couple of months, I managed to duck into Windermere Bay, on the banks of the Derwent River Estuary north of Hobart. You might recall previous stories over the past couple of years...
The Glenorchy City Council completed a boardwalk extension and replacement project at Windermere Bay on the banks of the Derwent Estuary, north of Hobart, in May 2025. As part of this work, NGT in partnership with the Derwent Estuary Program (DEP), planned and supervised saltmarsh...
NGT, in partnership with the Tasmanian Land Conservancy (TLC), completed hydrological restoration works at Sloping Main Reserve in April 2025 (see previous article). Justine and Bec returned in December 2025 to inspect the early stages of recovery post the first winter/spring period. Dry conditions have prevailed...
In late November 2025, Bec and Justine, in conjunction with local saltmarsh guru John Aalders, undertook baseline vegetation monitoring for potential saltmarsh and wetland restoration areas at the Devil’s Corner property, on the shores of the Moulting Lagoon Ramsar site, east coast Tasmania. NGT had...
Early in September, Bec and Ben spent three chilly days at Silver Plains Reserve in Tasmania's central highlands, a property owned and managed by the Tasmanian Land Conservancy (TLC). This is an impressive area of sub-alpine forest, marshes and grassland that supports a number of...
In late 2024, NGT was contacted by a landholder in the south of Bruny Island, who had recently purchased a 20-hectare property east of Cloudy Bay Lagoon, intending to restore the former grazing land and manage the site into the future for conservation. The property...
Lisdillon Lagoon is located on the east coast of Tasmania, between Rocky Hill and Pontypool, south of Swansea. Like many coastal lagoons, Lisdillon has a history of hydrological changes, including the previous installation of a substantial levee bank that is impeding natural flows. As long-term...
Moulting Lagoon is a stunning estuarine wetland and Ramsar site, on the east coast of Tasmania, containing areas of temperate saltmarsh. In March 2025, NGT completed a desktop assessment to identify additional opportunities for hydrological restoration of wetlands and saltmarsh, in the peripheral areas of...
