Are you a private landholder interested in helping to rehydrate the Australian landscape? If so, and you have a drained, privately owned wetland that might benefit from reinstatement of its natural water level – then please read on… Nature Glenelg Trust’s Wetland Restoration Program on...
As you may have read in this article, NGT is kicking-off an exciting new phase of wetland restoration action where we will be able to continue our work with farmers, foresters, Traditional Owners and any other landholders across the rural landscape who now find themselves...
I've been really enjoying getting around the far southwest of Victoria these past few weeks, checking on how some of the sites we have rehabilitated are responding after a couple of years of decent rainfall. For a few of sites that have had a pretty...
'Whoop-Boom!' Over the past several weeks NGT has been helping with the Glenelg Hopkins CMA's Bittern Recovery Project, by undertaking listening surveys across several wetlands in south-west Victoria. 'Whoop-Boom' is the sound we have been eagerly listening for - the call of the male Australasian...
This year we have been delivering an Australasian Bittern habitat restoration project which is supported by Glenelg Hopkins CMA, through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program. A few months ago I wrote a short article about works we had undertaken at Aringa North,...
The Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciliptilus) is a key bird of dense swamps in south-west Victoria and south-east South Australia, but it is also Nationally Endangered. Bitterns like to hide out in wetlands with tall dense vegetation and forage in still, shallow water. They are so...
This time last year I reported a pair of Brolgas at The Green Swamp near Glenthompson; the first time I had seen this species at the wetland since undertaking restoration works in 2014. Since then there have been regular sightings and the numbers of birds...
This week Greg and I had the privilege of hosting members of DELWP Barwon South West's environmental projects team for a tour of Green Swamp. On the back of a very dry summer and early autumn, levels have receded dramatically. But the good news is there...
Scale Swamp - December 2017 Scale Swamp is another great demonstration of the benefits of restoring hydrology to drained wetlands. This 100 hectare swamp to the south of Dunkeld has a long-term history of drainage for grazing and low-intensity cropping. In 2013, under the Commonwealth Government...
Last week I took the opportunity to check back in on some of the restoration sites we have been working on around the southern Grampians, and I have some good news! Let's start the journey a bit further east, and up the Bunnugal drain, to one...
