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Helping the high plains

21 March 2018

The carpet of wildflowers may be gone for another year but in the Alpine National Park nature lovers are still looking for adventure on the many walking tracks that the high plains have on offer. Last...

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Sharing Knowledge

28 February 2018

The Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GLaWAC) NRM crew recently undertook training on a forested site north of Bairnsdale. The day provided an opportunity to gain skills and share...

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Planting A Pathway

15 February 2018

Moogji Nursery In a little nursery in Orbost, the Moogji Aboriginal Council have been growing big ideas. The greenhouse was recently built to raise seedlings to plant along the banks of the Snowy as...

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VFA Officer holds a net of Bass fingerlings before releasing them into the Nicholson River

All About The Bass In East Gippsland

24 January 2018

  It’s been all about the Bass on the rivers of East Gippsland recently. The Australian Bass that is. Last week saw the release of 10,000 Bass fingerlings into the Nicholson River at Deptford...

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Love Our Lakes, Love Our Pelicans

18 January 2018

Photo by John Hutchison It isn’t very often you wouldn’t be able to spot a Pelican when visiting the Gippsland Lakes. For a species that is often sighted though, not a lot is known about its breeding...

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Landcare, It’s A RRAP

7 December 2017

Seven Landcare groups will share in funding to undertake works on their local waterways as part of the East Gippsland Regional Riparian Action Plan grants administered by the East Gippsland Catchment...

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Planting A Corridor To Success On The Snowy

1 December 2017

It was a perfect start to the morning when members of the Moogji Aboriginal Council works crew joined staff from the East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (the EGCMA) for a paddle down the...

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Marine Life In The Lakes

22 November 2017

Friends of Beware Reef; a small volunteer group, are full swing into photographing the underwater world of the Gippsland Lakes after being one of the groups that secured funding in the Gippsland Lakes...

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Locals Say G’day to Red Gum Ramblers

8 November 2017

[video width="1280" height="852" mp4="https://egcma.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/23171755_188996184991246_831831845501927424_n.mp4"][/video] Local wildlife came out to say g’day last week as the...

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Foxes On The Run

1 November 2017

As a ground nesting and feeding bird there are enough dangers in life already without the threat of a fox eating your eggs, your babies or even you.  To have survived pressures such as habitat loss...

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We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country throughout East Gippsland and pay our respects to them, their culture and their Elders past and present.