Our volunteers make a huge difference to the amount and scale of work we are able to achieve here at NGT. As we work across a large geographical area of Australia, our volunteers are involved in a diverse range of tasks with us. With the...
We've said it before, and we'll say it again - NGT could not achieve all we do without the support of our amazing volunteers. Whether it is planting trees, sorting seeds, surveying flora and fauna, or filling sandbags to restore water levels in a drained...
If you love a good tree planting session, we've got you covered this October. On Saturday the 15th October we'll be planting in partnership with "Friends of the Forgotten Woodlands" along the Wannon River at NGT's Long Point Reserve, on the edge of Dunkeld. Then...
For the last 12 months, NGT’s bushcare crew has been working steadily away near the end of the Glenelg River at Nelson, on a DELWP-funded project tasked with battling invasive woody weeds.The key objective of the project is to help protect and improve key native...
Data collected as part of the 2021 Census has highlighted that the number of people undertaking unpaid or volunteer work fell by 19% compared to 2016. COVID has played a big part in this decline but it's not the only factor, the decline has been...
As spring quickly approaches, so does the need (and urge!) for us to be outside and doing things!! So we have a great array of activities and opportunities for you to become involved with and spend some time in these glorious landscapes.Fencing at the northern revegetation...
The Mt Gambier volunteer crew have been busy recently with a number of activities. A team of eager volunteers joined me for a working bee at Mount Burr Swamp to remove tree guards and do a little hand weeding at the Creations Stories walk area...
NGT certainly couldn’t achieve all that we do without our fantastic volunteers! To mark National Volunteer Week in 2022, this week on social media we have been sharing stories from volunteers around our region - and we thought they were worth including here too. Read...
Last month we shared a photo of a brolga chick from one of our wildlife cameras at Walker Swamp. At the time we hadn't actually seen the chick wandering around out there with its parents, so it was a bit of a surprise. But that's...
You may remember that late last year we introduced you to the new concept of Regional Recharge Farms. In case you missed it, these are locations in the landscape where water is retained in natural wetland features, in our case using nature and the wetland...
