In the latest positive NGT news, I am delighted to announce that we are making two fantastic additions to the NGT team: Dr Ayesha Burdett, our new Senior Wetland Restoration Ecologist, to oversee our upcoming wetland restoration projects in western Victoria, and John Bradford, our new...
At NGT we are passionate about sharing the complexity of the natural world with you, and hopefully motivating or inspiring you to join us as we seek to put back some of the missing ingredients within our ecosystems. Sharing complex concepts in plain language is...
Readers may recall from previous blogs the wetland restoration project underway at Yundi Nature Conservancy, which is located about 60 km south of Adelaide, on the beautiful Fleurieu Peninsula. Here, NGT has helped local landholder John Fargher backfill an old agricultural drain than had been...
World Wetlands Day was on the 2nd of February and the theme for this year is worth sharing, because it speaks so clearly to one of our core purposes at NGT. Yes, we couldn't have picked a better theme! It's time for wetland restoration While we often...
Recent wet conditions over spring and summer have resulted in a bumper year for records of the nationally endangered Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus), or 'boomer', known for its deep booming call. In fact, for the first time since restoration, a Bittern was detected in early...
On the 5th of January I visited Lake Hawdon South, 15 km inland from Robe, with members of the South Eastern Water Conservation and Drainage Board (SEWCDB). The purpose was to explore some of the management issues where the artificial Bray Drain enters the wetland....
Over the past month, I have tried to drop in to a number of our major wetland restoration sites in SA and Victoria, given the unusually wet spring weather which has given most of these sites a real boost heading in to a later-than-usual summer...
It is estimated that 20-30% of the world's terrestrial carbon (i.e. excluding the atmosphere and oceans) is stored in wetlands. When you consider that wetlands only occupy 5 to 8% of the land mass, their carbon storage capacity is pretty impressive and for this reason,...
It's shaping up to be another "half-decent" year for wetlands around the southern tip of the Grampians. Despite a very dry autumn and winter, spring rains arrived to get the catchment running. The Wannon River has been flowing south of Lynchs Crossing Rd since mid-August...
Towards the top of the Victoria Valley, nestled in between the Victoria and Serra Ranges of the Grampians, lies the small farming community of Mirranatwa. It is a very picturesque location with a canvas of scattered red gums, framed by the sharp escarpments of surrounding...
