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Posted at 19 Dec 2019 at 22:17h in Discovery Bay, Glenelg River, Long Swamp, Long Swamp Restoration, News, Volunteer, Wetland Restoration by
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Last Saturday, the Bittern Recovery Project and NGT ran a field survey for Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus) in Long Swamp, near Nelson in south-west Victoria. Since NGT’s hydrological restoration work at Nobles Rocks, the wetland has seen an increase in suitable habitat for the nationally-endangered...

Posted at 19 Dec 2019 at 20:22h in Fundraising, Long Swamp Restoration, News by
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NGT is proud to be a local partner supporting 'Tread Lightly' - a novel project shining a light on environmental change through endurance sport - which is happening between Christmas and New Year this year! [caption id="attachment_35891" align="alignright" width="300"] Dr Rowan Brookes[/caption] Dr Rowan Brookes, who is...

Posted at 28 Nov 2019 at 10:47h in News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Species of the month by
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Prescribed burning is a well documented and necessary management tool for improving the viability of a number of our threatened plant populations, especially those with germination cues that are triggered by this form of natural disturbance. In a previous 'species of the month' post we...

Posted at 28 Nov 2019 at 10:37h in News, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve, Wetland Restoration by
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Nature Glenelg Trust has been nationally recognised for its successful cooperative approach to wetland restoration on the Wannon River Floodplain, winning the ‘Involving Community in Waterway Management Award’ at the River Basin Management Society biannual awards recently. [caption id="attachment_35695" align="aligncenter" width="551"] Greg receiving the ‘Involving Community...

Posted at 28 Nov 2019 at 10:35h in Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, News, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve by
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The 2019 Private Land Conservation Conference (PLC19) was held at the National Wine Centre in Adelaide on October 8-10th. This annual conference of the Australian Land Conservation Alliance (ALCA) attracts delegates from around Australia and overseas to learn about and share the latest conservation initiatives...

Posted at 28 Nov 2019 at 10:32h in Media, National Landcare Programme, News, Our Blog, Volunteer by
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Last month I was privileged to be invited as a speaker at the 2019 South Australian Landcare Conference in Bordertown. This year the theme was “Landcare Unearthed – Celebrating Diversity, Managing Landscapes”, and the three-day event brought together people from all around South Australia and the...