As you may have heard, NGT’s Cath Dickson will be off to start a PhD research project studying on Macquarie Island, based out of Melbourne from May. Despite there being a significant tinge of sadness for the upcoming farewell to someone who has been crucial...
We recently took our popular native butterfly workshop to South West Victoria, sharing a space with the Australian Plant Society at Warrnambool's Sustainable Living Festival on Saturday 20th February. The presentation took place at Swan Reserve, after Kevin Sparrow took the group on a guided walk...
Last Saturday I went on a bit of a trip down memory lane, as the Hamilton Field Naturalists Club (plus a couple of Portland Field Nats who also came along) came to see the various wetland restoration projects that have happened over the past decade...
On Thursday and Friday last week, we brought the NGT team together at the Cape Bridgewater Coastal Camp for a chance to review the year that has been, share highlights from each other's work, and to look to the future for what might come next. We...
NGT Nursery staff headed over to Portland recently for a workshop on growing and getting the best out of native plant gardens. Gathering in the Portland Community Garden shed, attendees learnt about the benefits of including indigenous natives in home gardens, before the group headed...
While we were at the NGT annual workshop last week - the exciting news came through! Robbie the bittern had completed retracing his steps from earlier in the year, and after recently spending time at Pick Swamp, and then looking around the Glenelg River estuary -...
For those that are interested in the detail of what makes NGT tick - and need some light reading over the Christmas break - please follow this link to the latest NGT Annual Report for 2014-15 Financial Year It is full of information about our achievements, our...
This week's close-up photo of a Heath Mouse from the recent survey in the South East of SA has a bit of a story to tell. Look closely - can you work out the unique mark on this animal used for identification purposes? Stay tuned, as...
If you're looking for some warm weather activities where you can learn more about the amazing environment around us, be sure to check out the current edition of the environmental events calendar! As always, there's plenty happening throughout South East SA and South West Victoria. The...
[caption id="attachment_14008" align="alignleft" width="300"] Lower Finniss River - an important EMLR stream habitat[/caption] An early Christmas present for those that love native fish in the Eastern Mt Lofty Ranges (I am sure there are plenty of you!), our review paper has just been published in Fundamental...
