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Revisiting Gooseneck Swamp 10 years later – NGT’s first restoration site in the Grampians National Park

Posted at 28 Mar 2024 at 21:30h in News, Gooseneck Swamp Restoration Trial, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve by Mark Bachmann

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During a recent visit with a couple of supporters to NGT's Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve, we briefly hopped over the fence into the adjoining National Park, to take a look at the view over Gooseneck Swamp. What drew our attention to this wetland was that...

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Sharing the evolving story of Burdens Marsh with the Tasman Peninsula community this April

Posted at 28 Mar 2024 at 21:29h in News, Burdens Marsh, Sloping Main Reserve by Mark Bachmann

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In our last update on the story of the saltmarsh area within the Tasmanian Land Conservancy's Sloping Main Reserve, we talked about what the early maps can tell us about Burdens Marsh - an important area of previously modified saltmarsh currently being assessed by NGT...

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Surveying Aquatic Vegetation in Karrawirra Pari/the River Torrens

Posted at 28 Mar 2024 at 21:28h in News, Adelaide Parklands by Ben Taylor

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In early March, Ben and Tessa took to the water to survey submerged aquatic vegetation in Karrawirra Pari/the River Torrens. NGT first undertook this monitoring for the City of Adelaide in 2020, and repeated it in 2022. This year the survey has been expanded to...

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Are you a keen nature photographer and supporter of NGT? If so, we could use your help!

Posted at 27 Mar 2024 at 21:20h in News, Photography by Mark Bachmann

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For those of you who have been following NGT since the early days, you will notice that our website still very much looks the way it used to, right back at the beginning! Truth be told, we've been so busy getting on with our important...

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NGT Out and About – Photos from the field in March

Posted at 27 Mar 2024 at 21:19h in News, Photo of the Month by Tessa Roberts

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NGT's Senior Wetland Ecologist Ayesha Burdett shared photos from some wetland restoration events in Victoria this month. She and Lisa McIntyre (NGT Partnerships and Community Coordinator) attended a Farm Dam Field Day organised by Panyyabyr Landcare Group to talk about water quality and catchment health,...

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Useful insights from a peatland restoration story in the UK

Posted at 27 Feb 2024 at 11:34h in News, Peatland Restoration by Mark Bachmann

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Further to the story about peatlands I shared in last month's newsletter, a video was shared with me last week, which provides interesting insights into an example of peatland restoration in the UK. You can watch the 12 minute video below.For me, this story highlights...

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Rare King Penguin sighting on the mainland attracts plenty of attention!

Posted at 27 Feb 2024 at 11:34h in News by Mark Bachmann

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Occasionally we get an unexpected maritime visitor to Australia's shores of the feathered kind. The King Penguin, which normally spends its time frequenting the sub-Antarctic oceans and islands, is one such species that you don't normally expect to see on the beaches of mainland Australia!This...

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Brolga once again flocking back to Green Swamp!

Posted at 27 Feb 2024 at 11:32h in News, Green Swamp Restoration Reserve by Lachlan Farrington

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It's that time of year again when we start to see Brolga flock to certain sites around south-western Victoria. Since the hydrology of Green Swamp (near Glenthompson) was restored just on a decade ago, we've seen flock numbers slowly increasing here too. Last year was...

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Improving the view at Mt Burr Swamp

Posted at 27 Feb 2024 at 11:31h in News, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve by Bryan Haywood

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NGT recently had some beautiful big replacement windows installed in the old shearing shed at Mt Burr Swamp which is used by visiting groups, for educational activities and by volunteers and staff.So, it is time to share the upgraded 'view' from the Mt Burr Swamp...

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A bird’s-eye view of Mt Vandyke reveals the extent of recent prescribed burns

Posted at 27 Feb 2024 at 11:28h in News, Mount Vandyke Restoration Reserve by Mark Bachmann

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In last's months newsletter, John filled us in on the success of the recent successful prescribed burn at Mt Vandyke, undertaken to help reduce biomass as a key step in the process to prepare the site for re-establishment of native grassland habitat.As it turns out,...

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