Past Projects

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GWLAP recognise outstanding achievers

GWLAP has recognised some outstanding participants in our Eastern Hills and Plains Programs.

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In search of the rare Grass daisy – Finniss

We recently met at the Finniss River, which flows between Yundi (near Mount Compass and the Lower Murray), and the target was the rare Grass daisy (Brachyscome graminea), which Ben had previously located on private properties along the river.

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Mount Lofty Ranges Southern Emu Wren spotted in our revegetation!

An endangered Mount Lofty Ranges Southern Emu Wren in what might be the southern-most sighting of the tiny bird. The initial sighting of a male wren was followed up just before Easter by the exciting discovery of a female wren – signalling the exciting possibly that the birds are a breeding pair.

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Weed control in Finniss Conservation Park

Nearly six months ago the GWLAP received a $5000 grant from DEWNR on-park Support Grants to continue with restoration works in the Finniss conservation park.

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A day on the bus with the Angas Bremer Water Management Committee

The Angas Bremer Water Management Committee made use of a small volunteer grant from the South Australian Murray-Darling Basin Natural Resources Management Board on 27 September to run a free bus trip to visit two of the securing low flows trial sites in the Angas Catchment.

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Official Opening of the Point Sturt Landcare Reserve

On Sunday 23^rd September, the Point Sturt and Districts Landcare Group officially opened the Point Sturt and District Landcare Reserve. Over 80 people enjoyed a guided walking tour of the reserve before the officialy opening.

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Fantastic revegetation at Mount Barker

What a difference two years has made at Anembo Park! In 2014 the District Council of Mount Barker and Goolwa to Wellington Local Action Planning Association joined forces to revegetate the watercourse running…

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Tree Skink

Last week Will was lucky to come across this little lizard, confirmed by the Herpetology Department of the SA Museum as a Tree Skink (Ergernia striolata). It is unusual to find this lizard in the Mt Barker area

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nrmFARM – a great free tool for recording management activities on your property

nrmFARM is a tool made available by Natural Resources, SA Murray-Darling Basin via their website. It allows you to make a map of your property, include fencelines and features and also record information like chemical applications, sowing dates, yield data, livestock movements, soil test results, weed sightings and much more.

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Help monitor feral cat activity in the SA Murray-Darling Basin

FeralScan, from the Invasive Animals CRC is a citizen science project where sightings of feral animals can be logged and the information used for research and projects.

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Eastern Fleurieu School to join Clean Up Australia Day

We are excited to add a new project to our on-ground works activities thanks to funding from the Native Vegetation Council. The project will tackle weeds in high quality remnant Red-gum woodlands over the next three years…

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Restoring Red-gum woodlands

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Rabbit Control

The GWLAP works crew have been busy this summer controlling rabbits in and around our many project sites. Rabbits can cause untold damage to our revegetation and bushcare sites and the success (or otherwise) of our rabbit control programs can either make or break an entire project…