Wetland Restoration on Private Land

Wetland Restoration on Private Land Case Study 5: Gorae District

Posted at 08 Oct 2013 at 17:31h in News, Wetland Restoration Case Study 5, Wetland Restoration on Private Land by Mark Bachmann

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[caption id="attachment_3753" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The small, picturesque wetland on private land at Gorae[/caption] This small wetland restoration project involved the installation of a temporary sandbag weir in a very old artificial drainage channel on a property at Gorae near Portland in South Western Victoria. The landholder...

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Wetland Restoration Update in FTGU Issue 57

Posted at 20 Sep 2013 at 13:42h in Media, News, Wetland Restoration on Private Land by Mark Bachmann

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The spring edition (Issue 57) of From the Ground Up has just come out, and includes a few stories about wetlands - including an update on NGT's wetland restoration program on private land. The see the page with the NGT story, please click on the image...

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Update #1 on Wetland Restoration Case Study 1 – near Heywood

Posted at 14 Sep 2013 at 10:30h in Wetland Restoration Case Study 1, Wetland Restoration on Private Land by Lachlan Farrington

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Winter really did deliver a short but sharp burst for the south western corner of Victoria and our delivery of early works for the Wetland Restoration Project enabled us to capitalise on these conditions.  A couple of weeks ago I dropped in to our first case study site...

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So… exactly how wet was August in the South West?

Posted at 07 Sep 2013 at 01:31h in News, Wetland Restoration on Private Land by Lachlan Farrington

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I've always been a bit of a weather buff so the recent rainfall we've experienced in south-western Victoria has been interesting to say the least. In the middle of June we constructed a sandbag weir at Cashmore, just to the west of Portland. After a...

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Update on Wetland Restoration Case Study 1 – near Heywood

Posted at 23 Aug 2013 at 02:34h in News, Wetland Restoration on Private Land by Mark Bachmann

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A couple of weeks ago Dan and I managed to check on our First Case Study site near Heywood, looking great after the excellent July and August rains. The restoration works are having the desired effect, with the wetland getting close to its new full-supply...

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Wetland Restoration Case Study 4 – Cashmore District

Posted at 16 Aug 2013 at 12:03h in News, Wetland Restoration on Private Land by Mark Bachmann

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This is the fourth of our early works case studies, where we review a trial sandbag structure installed at Cashmore.This project involved the installation of a temporary sandbag weir in an artificial drain on a private property near Portland, in far south-western Victoria. The temporary...

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Wetland Restoration Case Study 3 – Beaufort District

Posted at 28 Jul 2013 at 00:35h in News, Wetland Restoration on Private Land by Mark Bachmann

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In this, the third of our early works case studies, we review another completed Nature Glenelg Trust wetland restoration project on a  property near Beaufort. This project was developed to aid the restoration of a five hectare swamp that occurs on a natural watercourse flowing into Fiery...

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Wetland Restoration on Private Land Case Study 2 – Coleraine District

Posted at 04 Jul 2013 at 20:14h in News, Wetland Restoration on Private Land by Mark Bachmann

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Nature Glenelg Trust has recently installed another wetland restoration structure, with the support of an enthusiastic landholder on a large cattle and sheep property located in the Coleraine district in South West Victoria. This project was driven by the landholder's strong interest in sustainable environmental management...

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Wetland Restoration on Private Land Case Study 1 – Heywood District

Posted at 26 Jun 2013 at 20:53h in News, Wetland Restoration on Private Land by Mark Bachmann

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This wetland restoration project involved the construction of an earthen weir and the fencing out of a wetland area within a grazing property near Heywood, to aid ecological restoration of the wetland system. The installation of an earth weir embankment has been designed to restrict...

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Wetland restoration on private land underway in time for winter 2013

Posted at 22 Jun 2013 at 02:26h in Media, News, Wetland Restoration on Private Land by Mark Bachmann

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Over recent weeks, Lachie and Dan have been busy getting Nature Glenelg Trust's wetland restoration program underway at a small number of sites on private land in time for the coming winter. One of these locations, on a farm at Cashmore near Portland, featured in the...

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