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Summing up the very successful “What’s Sleeping in Your Swamp?” wetland field day

Posted at 20 Nov 2015 at 14:58h in Community Nursery Project, News, Scale Swamp restoration, Wetland Restoration on Private Land by Rose Thompson

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Last Friday, the 13th November 2015, about 20 people from took part in our workshop entitled What's Sleeping in Your Swamp? Attendees came from a wide range of backgrounds, and many groups and organisations were represented including Parks Vic, Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority, Friends...

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Eaglehawk Waterhole update – Part 1: Winter planting and wildflower event

Posted at 20 Nov 2015 at 14:57h in Eaglehawk Waterhole Habitat Restoration Reserve, News by Rose Thompson

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It’s been a little while since the last Eaglehawk Restoration Reserve update – but there has plenty going on! So much so that we will need a few blog posts to cover everything, so we hope you enjoy this series over the next few weeks. In...

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Propagation trials report – now available!

Posted at 20 Nov 2015 at 14:56h in Community Nursery Project, News by Rose Thompson

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One of the roles of our nursery is to conduct research into propagation techniques for species which are generally not available in existing commercial nurseries. Discovering germination cues - "cracking the code" - or other important propagation information, will eventually lead to an increase in the diversity...

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Photo of the Week 20 Nov – Long Purple-flag in Mt Burr Range

Posted at 20 Nov 2015 at 14:56h in News, Photo of the Month by Cath Dickson

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  [caption id="attachment_13817" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Long Purple-flag (Patersonia occidentalis) in Mt Burr Range, SA[/caption] As we come towards the end of a dry Spring, the Long Purple-flag (Patersonia occidentalis) is just finishing its flowering period, where it has splashed seasonally inundated/damp areas with bursts of purple. However, if...

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Heath Mouse survey off to a flying start!

Posted at 13 Nov 2015 at 18:09h in News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East by Mark Bachmann

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The 2015 Heath Mouse (Pseudomys shortridgei) survey is off to a cracking start! On Day 1, the species has already been detected within an area of habitat that was burned just 2 years ago (literally just after the last survey), and still looks visually 'underdone' in...

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Murray crayfish presentations at the Fisheries Victoria fisher forums

Posted at 13 Nov 2015 at 18:09h in Murray crayfish, News by Nick Whiterod

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[caption id="attachment_13670" align="alignleft" width="300"] Representatives from Fisheries Victoria, local fishers and Sylvia (third from right) at the Nagambie fisher forum[/caption] Last week, we attended Fisheries Victoria fisher forums at Wodonga and Nagambie, which are part of a series of forums held across the state to get input...

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Are you ready to wade? 2015-16 Little Penguin Monitoring volunteers are on the march

Posted at 13 Nov 2015 at 18:09h in Middle Island Penguin Project 2015-16, News by Lauren Kivisalu

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Lauren K and Jess welcome you to join in on another season of activity at Middle Island! The Little Penguin Monitoring Program for 2015-16 is underway, and outcomes so far look positive. Volunteers and WCLG members Mel W and John S were able to assess early...

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Monitoring the ongoing recovery of wetland habitat at White Sands

Posted at 13 Nov 2015 at 18:08h in News, Long Swamp Restoration by Mark Bachmann

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After all the talk about the restoration trial at Nobles Rocks over the last couple of years, we are probably long overdue for a quick visual reminder of the wetland that reformed behind the dunes at White Sands, after the artificial channel at this site...

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The great purple-spotted rescue on ABC2 – Friday the 13th Nov

Posted at 13 Nov 2015 at 18:07h in Media, News, Southern purple-spotted gudgeon by Nick Whiterod

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Following on from recent recapture of southern purple-spotted gudgeon at the original lower Murray rediscovery site, the short documentary on the species will air on ABC2 tonight (Friday 13th) night just after 10:00pm as part of the 'Second Chance' documentary series. The documentary, by Alison Rogers of Living Stories, details...

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Burrowing crayfish education resource kit – now available!

Posted at 05 Nov 2015 at 21:26h in Burrowing Crayfish, News by Lachlan Farrington

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Over the past 12 months we have been working with Port Fairy Consolidated School and environmental educator Tracey Gray to develop education resources to share knowledge about our cryptic burrowing crayfish. Depending on where you are in south west Victoria you're likely to come across either...

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