Fleurieu Swamps restoration update – the latest news from Glenshera Swamp

Posted on 25 Mar 2018 at 20:11h in News, Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, Glenshera Swamp restoration 1 Comment

Last week a small crew (Ben, Mark and Dale from NGT, along with Jason and Randall from DEWNR) headed back to Glenshera Swamp to make some minor adjustments and repairs to the structures we installed last year, both inside and outside Stipiturus CP. This also...

evidence

Posted on 13 Feb 2018 at 11:59h 0 Comments

Evidence / example reports for the Port Phillip Bay Fund grant application, to demonstrate past eco-hydrological restoration planning and works undertaken by Nature Glenelg Trust: Discovery Bay Coastal Park (Vic): Discovery Bay Wetlands – Handout for Standards Launch – Sydney July 2016 NGT Long Swamp...

Sharing the restoration plans for Square Waterhole Swamp (Hesperilla CP)

Posted on 08 Sep 2017 at 18:14h in News, Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, Square Waterhole Swamp 1 Comment

Well, it’s been quite a journey over the past 12 months in getting to know another important wetland on the Fleurieu Peninsula at Hesperilla CP (just south of Mt Compass), a small remnant portion of the originally much larger Square Waterhole Swamp. After digging through the...

NGT welcomes new staff to the team – Ben Taylor and Michelle Sargent

Posted on 08 Sep 2017 at 18:11h in News 0 Comments

It’s been another busy time over recent months, and NGT are fortunate to have been joined by another couple of fantastic recruits to our team: Ben Taylor, as a Senior Wetland Ecologist based out of Adelaide, and Michelle Sargent, a recent graduate who has recently...

The NGT blogs are back – and there is a lot to catch up on!

Posted on 23 Jun 2017 at 00:43h in Glenshera Swamp restoration, Long Swamp Restoration, News 0 Comments

To say we’ve been a little busy at NGT over the past couple of months would be a serious understatement, with a plethora of project reports to finalise before the end of financial year – and unfortunately this has kept us a bit quieter than usual...

Summing up the final round of Tookayerta Catchment consultation

Posted on 23 Apr 2017 at 10:40h in Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, News 1 Comment

Thanks to everyone who came along just before Easter to our final round of workshops with the community in Mount Compass (on Wednesday evening 12/4) and technical experts in Mount Barker (Thursday 13/4) for the Tookayerta Catchment (wetland restoration feasibility) Assessment project. Despite a much...

Photo of the week – Spiranthes australis – Austral Lady’s Tresses

Posted on 15 Mar 2017 at 12:11h in Glenshera Swamp restoration, News 0 Comments

During a recent visit to Stipiturus CP to plan upcoming proposed restoration works, we came across a small group of flowering Spiranthes australia – one of our more spectacular native orchids. This is just one of many important species that rely on our threatened swampy habitats...

Tookayerta Catchment Session Wrap – a great day of conversation with the community

Posted on 06 Dec 2016 at 12:15h in Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, News 4 Comments

Last Sunday at Mt Compass we spent a fantastic few hours with 30 people who represented a diverse cross-section of the local community from in and around the Tookayerta Catchment (on the Fleurieu Peninsula south of Adelaide). I think it is fair to say that...

Join us on Sunday 4th December at Mt Compass for a closer look at the Tookayerta Catchment

Posted on 27 Nov 2016 at 18:57h in Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, News 0 Comments

Thanks to an innovative project funded by Natural Resources – SA Murray-Darling Basin, next weekend Nature Glenelg Trust (myself and Lachie) will begin talking with the local community in the Tookayerta Catchment (that runs from Mt Compass to Black Swamp) about their catchment; its history...

Glenshera Swamp and Lower Murray fish presentations now available as podcasts

Posted on 31 May 2016 at 15:51h in Fish conservation, Glenshera Swamp restoration, News 0 Comments

If you missed myself and Nick speaking at the SA NRM Science Conference in Adelaide last month, then not to worry! – the talks were recorded and are now available to view and listen to on-line. First up from Session 3 is my talk about...

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