Wetland Restoration

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...

Posted at 02 Oct 2022 at 13:05h in News, Green Swamp Restoration Reserve, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve, Wannon River, Wetland Restoration by
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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...

Posted at 28 Feb 2022 at 08:35h in News, Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, Wetland Restoration by
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Regular readers will recall, from a previous blog, a project at Yundi Nature Conservancy, where NGT is helping landholder and conservationist John Fargher restore an area of the critically endangered Fleurieu Peninsula Swamp ecological community. The property includes some intact areas of Fleurieu Peninsula Swamp,...

Posted at 15 Dec 2021 at 19:55h in Long Swamp Restoration, Discovery Bay, Moulting Lagoon and Apsley Marshes, Piccaninnie Ponds, Wetland Restoration by
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This year is not only the 50th anniversary of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, but is also the first year in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.I was invited by the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, to explore...