Category Archives: conservation

Celebrating Southern Right whales on the South Australian coast

Posted on April 1, 2024 by redgumgirl

It was a delightful surprise over Easter 2024 to discover a wonderful whale sculpture at Middleton overlooking the bay where the Southern Right whales visit every winter. The sculpture is of Buttons, a female Southern Right whale which has given … Continue reading →

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Launching Murray-Darling Mysteries

Posted on March 19, 2024 by redgumgirl

My book ‘Murray-Darling Mysteries — Nature’s unique strategies for survival in the Murray and Darling Rivers in Australia’ is being launched on the Spotlight Network on Tuesday 19 March at 8 pm New York Time (or 11 am Wednesday 20 … Continue reading →

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SAVE OUR RIVERS DELEGATION

Posted on November 16, 2023 by redgumgirl

Tuesday 14 November 2023 was an important day for the future of the Murray-Darling Basin! A delegation of more than 20 people from across the Basin travelled to Parliament House in Canberra, to deliver a petition on behalf of 10,000 … Continue reading →

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Moving Murray Mouth!

Posted on February 23, 2023 by redgumgirl

Water in the southern Murray-Darling Basin travels 2300 km from the Snowy Mountains to the Murray Mouth, while Darling River water travels more than 2700 km to reach the Mouth. The Mouth first closed in the early 1980s and further … Continue reading →

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BANROCK BLACK BOX TREES FINALLY GETTING A DRINK!

Posted on November 29, 2022 by redgumgirl

The water regime for Banrock Station wetlands has been managed since 2003 to simulate a natural wetting and drying regime, bringing diversity and life back into wetlands which had been permanently flooded and dominated by carp. The process was greatly … Continue reading →

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HAPPY WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY!!

Posted on June 6, 2021 by redgumgirl

Be excited!! Today is the start of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration, launched by the United Nations Environment Program and the Food and Agriculture Organisation. WE MUST RESTORE ECOSYSTEMS TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE, SAVE SPECIES FROM EXTINCTION AND SECURE … Continue reading →

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Fading Hopes for the Basin Plan

Posted on May 31, 2021 by redgumgirl

It is getting harder and harder to be optimistic about the future of the Murray-Darling Basin and achieving an effective Basin Plan. The CSIRO just released a report which says there was 20% less water in the past than it … Continue reading →

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Survivor! Unexpected find of a Banksia tree

Posted on April 18, 2021 by redgumgirl

A rare find in a secret location, an ancient silver banksia tree surviving on the road verge in Back Valley on the lower Fleurieu peninsula. This rugged giant, with its venerable trunk covered in orange lichen, is a survivor from … Continue reading →

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A POSITIVE VISION FOR AUSTRALIA IN 2050

Posted on April 18, 2021 by redgumgirl

At the opening session of the ‘Water on the Horizon’ virtual workshop on 1-2 December 2020, hosted by the Institute for Water Futures at ANU, participants were asked to imagine what they think 2050 would look like. We were urged … Continue reading →

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What will it Take to Save the World’s Rivers and Wetlands??

Posted on July 1, 2020 by redgumgirl

Faced with the need to downsize my office and its shelves of files accumulated over 40 years as a wetlands ecologist, I spent several days putting paper copies of scientific findings and recommendations by my esteemed colleagues into the recycling … Continue reading →

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