Among other things, Nature Glenelg Trust's Cross Border Community Nursery Project is funded by the Australian Government to work with community groups, schools and government organisations to establish eight Display Gardens throughout the South East of SA and Western Victoria. The aim of these gardens is...
On Wednesday 28th August, the Border Watch ran a short story highlighting the great work being done by Millicent High School in the recovery effort for the Yarra Pygmy Perch. [caption id="attachment_3077" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The Yarra Pygmy Perch, one of the most threatened species of native...
Thanks to the very skilled assistance of Dan (the man) Anderson and our very talented volunteer, Jonathan Tuck, we had the new Greenhouse erected in about four days. This was a pretty good effort considering we were beset with turbulent weather for most of the...
A couple of weeks ago Dan and I managed to check on our First Case Study site near Heywood, looking great after the excellent July and August rains. The restoration works are having the desired effect, with the wetland getting close to its new full-supply...
Last Saturday I welcomed Rowena Hamer to Mount Gambier, where she will be working with NGT for a 4 week volunteer placement as part of the Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYAD) Internment Program. During this time, she will be helping NGT with a range...
Last week Ken and I were called in to fill Becky's regular environment slot (while she is away) on Stan Thomson's morning radio program with ABC South East. If you would like to hear a little more about NGT's latest successful grant applications, or Ken's update...
I'm the first to admit that bird call identification is not my strength, so last week when I stepped outside at home to hear a really beautiful call in the forest, I quickly grabbed my phone to take a recording. I had a hunch about what...
Good news this week, with successful SA State NRM Grants being announced by SA Environment Minister Ian Hunter - please click here for more information on the program or here for the full list of successful projects in the current round. It is great to be able to...
This is the fourth of our early works case studies, where we review a trial sandbag structure installed at Cashmore.This project involved the installation of a temporary sandbag weir in an artificial drain on a private property near Portland, in far south-western Victoria. The temporary...
The new spring cross-border community environmental calendar is now available! Click here to take you directly to the Environmental Events Calendar page…or look below. Please click here for the high quality pdf electronic version of the SPRING Calendar (3.5 MB) Please click here for a lower quality pdf...
