As the weather warms up and the north westerly winds move in, members of the Orange-bellied Parrot population will 'hitch a ride' and catch the breeze back to Tasmania for their breeding season. This means the mainland season for the Orange-bellied Parrot is coming to...
NGT have been contracted (in South East SA and western Vic) to undertake many terrestrial fauna and flora surveys over the autumn-winter-spring-summer period of 2022. In fact, that has been our busiest run for this type of work in the past 10 years!Needless to say,...
Much of what goes on in a wetland after we've undertaken remedial works to restore hydrology or manage other threats, goes on quietly without fuss. For fish, frogs, crayfish and many of the smaller water birds, you actually have to go looking closely to find...
Postponed due to very high river flows.The Murray Crayfish, second largest Crayfish in the world, will be showcased in a community field day at Barham, NSW on Sunday 11 September. All are welcome to attend and learn about the biology and ecology, past research,...
Are you passionate about the natural environment and our native species, or know someone who is? Are you keen to build or extend your experience by working with our committed team of ecologists, joining our not-for profit, purpose driven organisation? If so, then we'd like...
As Spring quickly approaches, so does the need (and urge!) for us to be outside and doing things!! So we have a great array of activities and opportunities for you to become involved with and spend some time in these glorious landscapes.Fencing at the northern...
The Mt Gambier volunteer crew have been busy recently with a number of activities. A team of eager volunteers joined me for a working bee at Mount Burr Swamp to remove tree guards and do a little hand weeding at the Creations Stories walk area...
It has been six months since we last wrote to you about the ‘Repairing the Past’ project, so we have lots to report! You can catch up on previous posts from November 2021 and January 2022.Several actions have gone ahead in leaps and bounds, with...
Rowan Swamp hasn't yet featured in our monthly email newsletter, but over the past 18 months Nature Glenelg Trust has been busy undertaking an independent eco-hydrological assessment of the Rowan Swamp Wildlife Reserve, in partnership with Parks Victoria. Rowan Swamp is an approximately 150 hectare...
Water level and salinity loggers installed at the Apsley Marshes Ramsar Site on Tasmania's east coast, have now been out in the field collecting data for four months. Loggers were downloaded on 11-12th August and monitoring sites surveyed (measuring their precise location and elevation) to...
