Can you identify your local butterfly species?Could you imagine being part of a national (or even a global) monitoring team?Through NGT's Our World of Insects workshops and excursions we have started training volunteers to identify local butterflies and undertake surveys to gather long-term data. We...
In BIG conservation news - the Murray Crayfish (Euastacus armatus) has officially been listed as Vulnerable under the EPBC Act 1999 (Date effective 05-Mar-2025). The second largest crayfish in the world (second to the Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish), is now protected under national environmental law....
Back in November, I had an unexpected message from one of our elite NGT field work officers Andrew, who’d been doing some late-night fishing on the coast near NGT’s Hutt Bay property, and had travelled along our reserve track - “Wombat ran across the track...
Investigator College year 5 students saddled up with waders and had the amazing educational opportunity to undertake fish and turtle fish surveys at Currency Creek with Sylvia from NGT and John Freebairn from Investigator College. Amongst the excited squeals and screams, this year we sampled...
Andy at NGT's Eaglehawk Waterhole Restoration Reserve has been busy capturing photographs of birdlife coming to the bird bath at camp. Below are a range of species he has seen over the recent summer months. From left to right: Crimson Rosella, Black-chinned Honeyeater, behind and far...
In our newsletter last month, we announced NGT's exciting new plan to create the Wirey Swamp Restoration Reserve, to enhance habitat at the site for Brolga and a host of other wetland dependent threatened species.In the flurry of media interest that followed our announcement of...
Are you passionate about the not-for-profit sector and interested in working for a regional organisation making a difference on the ground? Are you looking for challenges and the opportunity to embrace a role that helps drive the financial success of an environmental organisation with national...
Back in September 2023, we announced the renewal of the NGT Board and we've had a highly productive first year or so. One of the key tasks we set ourselves as an incoming Board was to create a new strategic plan for the organisation, publicly...
Recently, NGT Ecologists Scott and Taylar made the leap across Bass Straight to Tasmania’s North West. They were on the hunt for a nationally threatened fish, the Australian Grayling. The Cradle Coast Authority (cradlecoast.com or visit their Facebook page here) has commissioned NGT to help...
Imagine you're a little native fish, living your best life...
