The rains of the last week or two have certainly started to make a difference to wetlands along our coast, with levels in Long Swamp and at the Nobles Rocks outlet being nudged back up again over recent days. Since the last update, Lachlan and I...
For those of you that have followed the progress of the Gooseneck Swamp Restoration Trial over the past 12 months, I am pleased to be able to provide you with a copy of the final summary report. The pdf of the report can be downloaded here:...
If you have an interest in natural history, isn't it great to listen to the detailed reflections of an elderly person sharing their memories of a place that has undergone dramatic change? I remember as a child growing up in the western suburbs of Adelaide, hearing...
[caption id="attachment_6189" align="alignleft" width="300"] The release team![/caption] A small, but significant, release of southern purple-spotted gudgeon recently took place in the Lower Murray. Approximately 225 fish were released by students from Alberton Primary School and Urrbrae Agricultural High School into the wetland north of Murray Bridge where...
Community Planting Day - 15th June - POSTPONED This is just a quick note to let everyone know that due to a few unforeseen circumstances, we are having to postpone the Community Planting Day that was planned for Sunday the 15th June at Eaglehawk Waterhole. If we...
For those that haven't come across it yet, in early July there will be a really interesting forum in Nelson - where you can hear about Long Swamp and the Glenelg River estuary (sites currently being considered by DEPI for potential Ramsar listing) and the...
Thanks to the generous support of a research grant from the Nature Foundation SA Inc, NGT has completed a review of the distribution of the Dwarf Galaxias in the South East NRM region. If you are keen to learn more, you can download the brief...
It has been a couple of weeks now since the Long Swamp Restoration Trial got underway, and it might surprise you to hear that in this short period of time we have already learned a great deal. Enough in fact, to enable us to begin...
You are invited to join Nature Glenelg Trust and Natural Resources South East to begin the restoration of the newly acquired reserve, Eaglehawk Waterhole! We will be planting 8000 native seedlings to provide new habitat for declining woodland birds. Come and enjoy a day in the...
[caption id="attachment_6089" align="alignleft" width="300"] Big catch of common galaxias[/caption] Lauren Veale and I recently undertook autumn monitoring at Piccaninnie Ponds system with Steve Clarke (DEWNR) and a number of volunteers from Friends of Area Parks (Mt Gambier). We were fortunate to have a week of good weather (no...
