It is with great enthusiasm that we can provide an update to this long term project! As you will read from our original post we believed the population was in dire need of help. Since the millennium drought of 2006-07 the Silver Xenica butterfly had not...
I recently managed to duck into Nobles Rocks at our Long Swamp restoration project site, to see how the permanently reinstated dune at Bully Lake is looking after the summer - the good news is that our revegetation plantings on the newly recreated dune are...
After six years of intensive monitoring at Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve (WSRR) and following completion of the major on ground works, the initial response of the avian community to these changes can now be gauged. Digging into the results from 115 bird surveys including 46...
[caption id="attachment_36767" align="alignright" width="380"] Delma impar found beneath one of the roofing tiles[/caption] Tile grid surveys were set up at Long Point Restoration Reserve in the southern Grampians at Dunkeld back in 2012 - long before NGT became the custodian of this patch - as part...
It was great to recently be provided with a copy of the OFO 2019 Annual Review, which has a neat little summary of the partnership project with NGT at Mount Burr Swamp. The review highlights a few of the key achievements so far from this...
Summer sure seems like a long time ago. As much of south-eastern Australia was ravaged by bushfires, and smoke blanketed our local landscapes, Walker Swamp provided refuge for local wetland birds - you can further explore how waterbirds have responded to the swamp's restoration in...
Last June (2019) I took extended leave from NGT and headed off on a long adventure that took me from Honduras in Central America, through South America to Chile, returning home via New Zealand last month. For the first two months of my trip I worked...
Nature Glenelg Trust is proud to announce a cultural learning area at Mt Burr Swamp Restoration Reserve. A site overlooking the wetland is progressively being created to facilitate story-telling and learning about cultural heritage on Boandik country. The descendants of Annie Brice, a Boandik woman...
In some tremendous news for the NGT Foundation, we are delighted to announce that a new named fund has been established thanks to the ongoing support of the family of Bill and Kate Moore. The Moore family are the previous owners and donors of NGT's Kurrawonga...
Things are coming along in NGT's nationally threatened Southern Bell Frog (aka Growling Grass Frog - Litoria raniformis) conservation facility at Clayton Bay! We now have 35 frogs being carefully maintained by a band of committed volunteers supported by Rupert and Sylvia from NGT. Getting individuals...
