Wetland Restoration

Posted at 27 Jun 2023 at 20:18h in News, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, Regional Recharge Farms, Wetland Restoration by
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Last month, NGT highlighted the exciting expansion of Mount Burr Swamp Restoration Reserve with our Stage II area. Over the coming months we hope to show our supporters the amazing work going on to restore wetlands in this area and the broader landscape out at...

Posted at 27 Jun 2023 at 20:17h in News, Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, Glenshera Swamp restoration, Wetland Restoration by
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At our recent Fleurieu Swamps Field Day we explained the latest restoration works at Stipiturus Conservation Park (CP), on the Fleurieu Peninsula south of Adelaide, but we haven't yet informed our readers from further afield. These works mark an important milestone in the restoration of...

Posted at 29 May 2023 at 15:11h in News, Moulting Lagoon and Apsley Marshes, Wetland Restoration by
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On a perfect, sunny autumn day Tasmania's east coast on Thursday 11th May 2023, NGT, in partnership with NRM South and the Tasmanian Land Conservancy (TLC), hosted a field day at Long Point and The Grange properties, which border the Moulting Lagoon Ramsar site. The...

Posted at 31 Mar 2023 at 12:39h in News, Mount Vandyke Restoration Reserve, Wetland Restoration by
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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...

Posted at 25 Jan 2023 at 13:02h in News, Threatened mainland fauna, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve, Wetland Restoration by
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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...

Posted at 20 Dec 2022 at 10:04h in News, Glenshera Swamp restoration, Green Swamp Restoration Reserve, Hutt Bay Wetland, Long Swamp Restoration, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, Rowan Swamp Restoration Trial, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve, Wetland Restoration by
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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...