Wetland Restoration on Private Land

Posted at 29 Jul 2024 at 14:06h in Wetland Restoration, News, Seasonal Herbaceous Wetlands, Wetland Restoration on Private Land by
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It has been a very cool and dry start to winter in southwestern Victoria with rainfall in the region falling well below average. This is a bit of a change from the last few years that had above-average rainfall that filled wetlands across the landscape.However,...

Posted at 27 May 2024 at 16:25h in News, Environmental Education, Wetland Condition Assessment Tool, Wetland Restoration on Private Land by
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Recently, NGT organised a two-day training session for ecologists working in wetlands in south west Victoria, presented by Doug Frood from Pathways Bushland and Environment.Each participant is now certified in the use of the Index of Wetland Condition (IWC) assessment. The IWC assessment is one...

Posted at 31 Jul 2023 at 22:16h in News, Wetland Restoration, Wetland Restoration on Private Land by
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In the past couple of weeks, we've finally brought to a close all of our planned wetland restoration works for the 2023 autumn/winter period - and it has been a big year! Since February, our scheduled works have taken us all over south-eastern Australia, working...

Posted at 28 Oct 2020 at 12:05h in News, Wetland Restoration, Wetland Restoration on Private Land by
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'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...

Posted at 19 Sep 2019 at 15:07h in News, National Landcare Programme, Wetland Restoration, Wetland Restoration on Private Land by
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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,...

Posted at 07 Jun 2019 at 12:05h in National Landcare Programme, News, Wetland Restoration, Wetland Restoration on Private Land by
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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...