In our newsletter last month, we announced NGT's exciting new plan to create the Wirey Swamp Restoration Reserve, to enhance habitat at the site for Brolga and a host of other wetland dependent threatened species.In the flurry of media interest that followed our announcement of...
Are you passionate about the not-for-profit sector and interested in working for a regional organisation making a difference on the ground? Are you looking for challenges and the opportunity to embrace a role that helps drive the financial success of an environmental organisation with national...
Back in September 2023, we announced the renewal of the NGT Board and we've had a highly productive first year or so. One of the key tasks we set ourselves as an incoming Board was to create a new strategic plan for the organisation, publicly...
Recently, NGT Ecologists Scott and Taylar made the leap across Bass Straight to Tasmania’s North West. They were on the hunt for a nationally threatened fish, the Australian Grayling. The Cradle Coast Authority (cradlecoast.com or visit their Facebook page here) has commissioned NGT to help...
Imagine you're a little native fish, living your best life...
Have you ever seen a baby Murray Crayfish? One of the cutest (and feistiest) little animals around. With some great news for South Australia’s River Murray - for the first time ever, 250 baby Murray Crayfish have been released into the river, marking a huge...
Aquatic plants are important for wetlands and play a key role in contributing to a healthy wetland ecosystem. Aquatic plants provide critical habitat for many aquatic organisms, oxygenate the water, stabilise sediment, filter excess nutrients from the water, and help regulate water temperature. Unfortunately, submerged...
Ben spent the week of 10-14 February 2025 at Minyumai Indigenous Protected Area in northern New South Wales, working with the Rangers to implement some of the landscape rehydration skills learned during the training provided by the Mulloon Institute in November. Readers may recall that...
Bruny Island, off Tasmania's southeastern coast, is a biodiversity hotspot and now the focus of a new restoration project. NGT commenced the Bruny Island Wetland Restoration Program in 2024, with support from enthusiastic private landholders, Landcare Tasmania, and NRM South. The program is designed to...
In the last newsletter, Mark presented a table comparing rainfall at Mt William (Duwul) to surrounding towns on the plains - Ararat and Hamilton. The Mt William weather station is the highest in southwest Victoria, at an elevation of 1150 m above sea level, and...
