A time for reflection on National Threatened Species Day 2019

Posted on 19 Sep 2019 at 15:09h in Eared Worm Lizard Research Project, Fish conservation, Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, News, OBP Recovery, Southern Brown Bandicoot, Threatened mainland fauna, Threatened Orchids, Volunteer, Wetland Restoration 0 Comments

National Threatened Species Day is celebrated annually on the 7th September to commemorate the death of the last Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine) in Hobart in 1936. Although the origin of National Threatened Species Day is sad and gloomy, it is a good time to reflect on...

Positive Feedback for NGT at the SA State NRM Science Conference

Posted on 20 Apr 2018 at 01:30h in News 0 Comments

The SA NRM Science Conference is the largest regular gathering of NRM scientists and practitioners from across South Australia and beyond. The biennial conference is an excellent opportunity to learn about the latest thinking in climate science, threatened species recovery, landscape restoration, water management and...

Tookayerta catchment report: sharing a complex story of landscape change

Posted on 08 Sep 2017 at 18:14h in News, Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps 0 Comments

In conjunction with the recent work completed for Hesperilla Conservation Park, Natural Resources SA MDB also asked NGT to provide a broader view and understanding of landscape change in the wider Tookayerta Catchment (around Mt Compass) on the Fleurieu Peninsula south of Adelaide – with a view...

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...

Restoration works at Stipiturus CP are hopefully just around the corner – Register your interest now!

Posted on 15 Mar 2017 at 12:14h in Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps, News, Wetland Restoration 0 Comments

It is hard to believe, but it has been 12 months since we completed the restoration options report for Glenshera Swamp, in Stipiturus Conservation Park, and if all goes to plan then the first steps towards improving the hydrology of this important wetland will hopefully get...

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...

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