NGT Out and about — Photos from the field in March

ILC (Independent Learning Centre) students visited the NGT Nursery in Mount Gambier twice in March. On their first visit they pricked out seedlings of local sedges, and last week they potted up sedges that had been divided. Their help was much appreciated by Angela and the Friday nursery volunteers. The students will join us again out in the field when this year’s planting season commences.

Bec shared these shots of Lachie on the tools installing groundwater monitoring bores on Bruny Island in Tasmania. Read our previous blog post here. We’ve been investigating restoration options on this private property on the island, where we have developed a restoration plan in consultation with the landholder. We’re installing these shallow monitoring wells to monitor recovery of subsurface water levels and vegetation in conjunction with a vegetation monitoring transect.

The next one is not a new photo – but a beautiful one! Bryan, our resident butterfly expert, has been busy running butterfly monitoring workshops, particularly focused on this species in autumn – The Silver Xenica. This species was thought to be extinct in SA. We previously attempted to translocate Silver Xenica from near Dartmoor to two sites near Glencoe in 2018, but unfortunately, no adults have been seen flying in SA sites since 2022. Butterfly surveys have been happening in SA and western Vic and are vital in butterfly conservation. So, please get in touch if you’re interested in learning monitoring techniques, by emailing Bryan at .