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Category Archives: Media Release

Great Borun (Pelican) Count on again!

Everyone is invited to join BirdLife Australia’s Great Borun (Pelican) Count 2024 on Sunday 24 March across the Gippsland Lakes and contribute to the bigger picture of understanding and protecting these iconic birds. The annual citizen scientist event is when people of all ages and abilities take 30 minutes out of their day to survey

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Lakes’ Sea-eagle survey success

Results are in for the 2023-2024 White-bellied Sea-eagle breeding survey across the Gippsland Lakes funded through the Love Our Lakes program. The summer census was the first in a two year monitoring project of the birds across their breeding season. Results will inform the next instalment of population surveys in the Gippsland Lakes completed every

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Partnerships Enhancing Lake Wellington

At Perry Bridge, on Gunaikurnai Country on the shoreline of Lake Wellington, the Strathfieldsaye Estate property is the focus of a new partnership project funded by the Gippsland Lakes Coordinating Committee (GLCC). The significant Estate covers approximately 2,000 hectares, and includes a heritage listed homestead and farm outbuildings. “The historic property was established in the

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Celebrate World Wetlands Day with us!

Wetlands and Human Wellbeing is the theme for World Wetlands Day 2024 and everyone is invited to celebrate at a free, family friendly event at Nakunbalook Environmental and Cultural Education Centre in Sale. West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (CMA) along with the Love Our Lakes and Wellington Shire Council are hosting the event with local

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Seagrass planting trials underway in Gippsland Lakes

East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority, Parks Victoria, Greening Australia and volunteers recently put on wetsuits and snorkels to commence the first trials to restore the once widespread seagrass meadows of the Gippsland Lakes. “Seagrass is an essential part of the Gippsland Lakes Ramsar site ecosystem. It provides food, habitat, filtering and a nursery for baby

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