We’re very excited to announce our long-awaited Dynamic Lagoons colouring book! It’s part story book, part colouring book, part field guide, a little window into the amazing world of threatened upland wetlands on the New England Tablelands. This book has been a long time in planning. To create our vision, we collaborated with renowned natural … Continue reading It’s here! Our Dynamic Lagoons Colouring Book is available
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Lagoon Cluster Analysis
The upland lagoons of the New England Tablelands are mostly intermittent or ephemeral wetlands, meaning that they fill and dry in response to rainfall and evapotranspiration, with some often drying up completely for years or even decades at a time. Each individual lagoon has its own unique pattern of wetting and drying, known as it’s … Continue reading Lagoon Cluster Analysis
Colouring competition winners
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Dynamic Lagoons colouring competition. The community response to the competition was amazing and we thought all the kids did such a great job bringing Paula's picture of a lagoon to life! Congratulations to all who entered. We will contact the parents of winners directly to arrange … Continue reading Colouring competition winners
Student Intern Experience
Tessa Stewart shares her experience helping Dr Deborah Bower in the field for the Dynamic Lagoons project. One of the dynamic lagoon projects undertaken in 2020, was comparing aquatic invertebrate communities in dams and lagoons within the New England Tablelands region. The project aimed to compare overall biodiversity and species richness in damns and lagoons … Continue reading Student Intern Experience
Help us monitor dynamic lagoons
We have an exciting announcement here at Dynamic Lagoons! We have installed public photo point stations at two lagoons: Little Llangothlin Reserve near Guyra and Dangars Lagoon near Uralla. How do they work? The photo points are a metal stand designed to hold a smartphone, with an opening for the camera shutter. Anyone can visit … Continue reading Help us monitor dynamic lagoons
Wyanbah Lagoon
Wyanbah is a special lagoon as it is the only Lagoon without any major modifications. Almost all other known lagoons have multiple forms of modification, most commonly drains or dams. Wyanbah has neither. It is also surrounded by some good quality remnant listed endangered tablelands montane woodlands. What is also special about Wyanbah is that … Continue reading Wyanbah Lagoon
Field update: monitoring lagoons biodiversity
Last year was very challenging for most field ecology projects. Travel restrictions and site access issues associated with the bushfires and the COVID pandemic meant that most of the field season was a write-off for a lot of projects. This summer we were able to get out and about a little more easily, so we … Continue reading Field update: monitoring lagoons biodiversity
New research on upland wetlands conservation
The Dynamic Lagoons project team, in collaboration with Dr Sarah Mika at UNE, have just published a paper assessing how effective the current national environmental legislation (the EPBC Act) is at protecting threatened ecological communities like upland wetlands. The process of listing ecological communities for national protection has many flaws, including the restrictive condition thresholds … Continue reading New research on upland wetlands conservation
Video: The role of fire in wetlands
This video was made by one of our project partners, Northern Tablelands Local Land Services, and features one of our team members, Dr John Hunter. The video explores the important ecological role of upland wetlands, the threats they face, and why fire can be so damaging to these unique ecosystems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcSUQeF3qIs
Climate Matters: Dynamic Lagoons
(This article was originally published in The Armidale Express 13 May 2020) Have you ever noticed large, shallow wetlands scattered around the New England Tablelands? They cycle through wet and dry phases over time. Often a turtle can be seen fleeing towards them on a rainy day, or waterbirds will visit when they are inundated. … Continue reading Climate Matters: Dynamic Lagoons
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