Since our special mid-month update, we've had a number of incredibly generous contributions towards the Wirey Swamp Restoration Reserve expansion fundraiser, bringing our goal - of fully covering the land purchase cost - within reach. In fact, as I write this update, we've just reached...
In our special mid-month newsletter a couple of weeks ago, we shared a story with a series of before and after photos at Windermere Bay, north of Hobart, showing the rapid return of saltmarsh to the site is underway. This was just 12 months after...
'Traffic' on the road to Mount Vandyke - an emu family in the Cobboboonee National Park The Year in Review The habitat restoration project at Mount Vandyke aims to restore/recreate habitat, including Victorian Volcanic Plains grassland, across the 34 hectare reserve in preparation for the reintroduction...
Over 550 juvenile (10-month-old) Murray Crayfish, raised in captivity at the NGT hatchery, were released to the SA reintroduction reach of the Murray River this month. This iconic species was locally extinct in South Australia for about 40 years until we released the first...
The rains we've been enjoying in this part of the country over recent weeks have been sufficient to generate a little bit of local runoff into the deepest part of Walker Swamp. NGT's own Greg Kerr was out there in recent days and captured the...
Back in March, we advertised a region-wide bird survey here in the Limestone Coast. We were aiming for beginner bird watchers who had participated in one of our bird ID courses run by the extraordinary Greg Kerr. We also made a call out for any...
We had a fabulous turn-out for our Bandicoot diggings workshop held at Mt Burr Swamp education facility. It's so good to see the community come together, eager to learn about and be active in the protect local threatened species. If you'd like to go back...
In previous editions of the NGT newsletter we have covered the restoration of Lake Hawdon North in quite a bit of detail, from baseline (pre-restoration) ecological monitoring, through to construction of the new regulator to retain more water in the lake, and some early post-restoration...
For anyone that missed it, I thought I'd share a great little story I came across recently (and others also kindly shared with me) about a community led wetland restoration project in Western Australia that I found really inspiring. I also find it reassuring whenever...
You may remember one of NGT"s projects from last year, where we planted in various public spaces in Mount Gambier SA, to promote the use of local native species in home gardens (here). Last week, while removing some of the tree guards at the Tye's...
