With water continuing to trickle in from the Wannon River, water levels at Gooseneck Swamp remain fairly stable, with the gauge board on site only showing a minor decline in depth in the past month. The most recent visit (by Bryan Haywood and Steve Clark)...
On Saturday the 12th October I headed over to Melbourne to attend the ANGFA convention, and gave a presentation about the ecology and management of three coastal wetlands near the SA/Vic border that NGT has a close association with: Ewen’s Ponds, Piccaninnie Ponds and Long...
Dr Linda Broadhurst, a Research Scientist with the CSIRO, will be a keynote speaker at NGT's "Sowing the Seeds of Success" Forum in Hamilton on the 22nd of October. For more than a decade Dr Broadhurst’s research has focused on how vegetation fragmentation is influencing...
[caption id="attachment_3753" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The small, picturesque wetland on private land at Gorae[/caption] This small wetland restoration project involved the installation of a temporary sandbag weir in a very old artificial drainage channel on a property at Gorae near Portland in South Western Victoria. The landholder...
[caption id="attachment_3736" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Sunrise viewed from Goolwa Wharf across the River Murray, with the Hindmarsh Island Bridge spanning the water, 2013[/caption] As many of you know, the ABC weather segment each night features a photo submitted by viewers and I recently had this photo published - a sunrise...
During the week, the latest edition of Lentic was released; a small newsletter produced by the Society of Wetland Scientists Oceania Chapter. On page 6, you'll find a full account of the recent restoration journey at Gooseneck Swamp - presented as a feature article. You can download and...
After looking at Gooseneck Swamp with Rowena on her second-last day with NGT last week, we then spent the afternoon checking on conditions at Long Swamp. I have been told by Nelson locals that the discharge from Long Swamp into the Glenelg River Estuary via...
The Lower Lakes and Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges (EMLR) regions harbour a diverse and unique native fish community. Yet, as the recent millennium drought intensified (over 2007 to 2010), significantly diminished freshwater inflows and critical water shortages placed these regions on the verge of ecological collapse. Over...
The spring edition (Issue 57) of From the Ground Up has just come out, and includes a few stories about wetlands - including an update on NGT's wetland restoration program on private land. The see the page with the NGT story, please click on the image...
On Friday night we said a warm farewell and thanks to Rowena Hamer - who has been undertaking a volunteer internship with NGT over the past 4 weeks. During that time Rowena fit into the place really well, and quickly became a valued member of...
