Regular readers will be familiar with NGT's ongoing hydrological restoration work at Glenshera Swamp, on the Fleurieu Peninsula near Mount Compass. In the previous newsletter we described recent work completed to backfill an artificial drain that was denying flow to a natural, meandering creekline that formerly carried...
Outside of occasional major projects, we don't generally talk much about public fundraising. However, with the end of financial year fast approaching, this is the one time of year when a donation to NGT can immediately be included as a deduction in your forthcoming tax...
It has been bubbling away quietly in the background for the past 12 months, but NGT are now in the final stages of an eco-hydrological assessment to evaluate restoration options for an area of important saltmarsh habitat that has been declining in condition over several...
I had moments of doubt when I wondered if this day would ever come...
[caption id="attachment_37292" align="alignright" width="202"] Patrick Hanna, MLA/MLC, (b. 1819, d. 1890)[/caption] Next month NGT will be publicly sharing another Discussion Paper on the Wallan Wallan wetlands, to follow on from one we released in March last year (2019), where we explored the risks and opportunities associated...
The global population of Avenue Cassinia (Cassinia tegulata) has received a further boost in management this past autumn with an ecological burn being carried out at the Blackford site. Avenue Cassinia is known to occur at just a handful of sites in our region, and...
From Orange-bellied Parrot monitoring in south-west Victoria, to the Silver Xenica translocation, to the Southern Bell Frog conservation facility, to prescribed burning to support Avenue Cassinia regeneration, and rare plant propagation in our nursery, a lot of NGT's work centres around our local threatened species. More...
Aquasave-NGT's Sylvia and Nick have been out and about busy sampling for freshwater fish within the Inman Valley of the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia. This photo of the month captures a great moment, where one of the landowners, Baden, was able to come and join in...
The UN World Oceans Day on June 8th each year celebrates the major role that the ocean has in our health and that of our planet. It also draws attention to the impact that human actions have, in turn, on the health of the ocean. The world's...
Late autumn sees whales returning to Australian waters to breed after spending the summer months in the Antarctic feeding grounds. The most commonly seen whales in our region are humpback and southern right whales, as well as blue whales (see this month's post for some...
