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Going Burrowing-Crazy at Narrawong District Primary School

Posted at 27 Nov 2016 at 18:49h in Burrowing Crayfish, Media, Narrawong East St Wetland Restoration, News by Lauren Kivisalu

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A couple of weeks ago, I was fortunate to join the students from the Narrawong District Primary School again to have a chat about a unique local resident - the Freshwater Burrowing Crayfish! There are two species found throughout the south-west Victorian region: the Hairy...

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NGT community nursery staff learn about native grassland restoration

Posted at 27 Nov 2016 at 18:49h in Community Nursery Project, News by Rose Thompson

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Yvonne and I recently made a quick trip to Melbourne to attend part of the 11th Australasian Plant Conservation Conference. We were particularly interested to take part in a field trip to learn about native grass seed production and see if there were any lessons that could be applied to...

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Portland group enjoys our butterfly workshop despite the weather!

Posted at 27 Nov 2016 at 18:48h in Community Nursery Project, News by Rose Thompson

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A small group of dedicated community members were not deterred by the winter-like weather (13'C, rainy, and windy) on Sunday 13th November, but braved the conditions to venture out to our native butterfly workshop at the Portland Community Garden. The community garden Landcare group had...

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Fishing for the Future Clinics are back!

Posted at 27 Nov 2016 at 18:47h in News by Jess Bourchier

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Last weekend Lauren V and Jess held the first of this summer's Fishing for the Future Clinics with the Naracoorte Scout Troupe. Two clinics were held at the Robe marina to teach the youth the basics of sustainable fishing practices. These include why we have size...

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Calling all mulloway anglers – don’t forget to donate your frames to science!

Posted at 02 Nov 2016 at 23:59h in Mulloway, News by Lauren Brown

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Last month, I had the opportunity to travel to Hobart and speak about our mulloway citizen science project at the Australian Society for Fish Biology Conference. It was a great chance to share some research results and highlight the important role of citizen science in...

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Highlights from the 2016 Australian Society for Limnology Conference in Ballarat

Posted at 02 Nov 2016 at 23:59h in Long Swamp Restoration, News, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve, Wetland Restoration by Lachlan Farrington

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I recently had the pleasure of attending the annual Australian Society for Limnology (ASL) Conference in Ballarat.  The theme of this year’s conference was ‘Waters of past and present: shaping pathways for future management‘ and focused on decision making in times of uncertainty. This theme...

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A great recent article that sums up the full story of Robbie the Bittern

Posted at 02 Nov 2016 at 23:58h in Long Swamp Restoration, Media, News by Mark Bachmann

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The September 2016 edition of Australian Birdlife magazine features a great story by Matt Herring, Inka Veltheim and Andrew Silcocks, which tells the full story of Robbie the Bittern, as well as the wider Bitterns in Rice satellite tracking project, which has taught us so much...

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Beautiful local native wildflowers now for sale from the NGT nursery – come and see us today!

Posted at 02 Nov 2016 at 23:57h in Community Nursery Project, News by Rose Thompson

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A selection of native wildflowers are available for purchase from our nursery in Mount Gambier. Growing locally indigenous native plants is a great way to support native wildlife including insects such as butterflies and bees. Please see the thumbnails below of the species available (click...

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Kids have a great time making wildflower seed bombs

Posted at 02 Nov 2016 at 23:56h in Community Nursery Project, News by Rose Thompson

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A group of 19 young people recently enjoyed a novel school holiday activity: creating native wildflower seed-bombs! Nursery staff, Yvonne and Rose, ran the school holiday workshop on 13 October at our nursery in Mount Gambier, with participants ranging in age from two to 12. During...

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Second interim propagation report for the NGT nursery now available to download

Posted at 02 Nov 2016 at 23:56h in Community Nursery Project, News by Rose Thompson

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One of the important roles of the NGT community nursery is to conduct research into propagation techniques for species which are generally not available in existing commercial nurseries. Discovering germination cues - "cracking the code" - or other important propagation information, will eventually lead to an increase...

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