FoGL Silt Jetties brochure
The Mitchell River delta and its silt jetties, is one of the world’s most
significant ‘finger’ deltas and 6,000 to 10,000 years old.
Download this useful brochure and before going to visit the Silt Jetties
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2016 Plans to Protect and Rehabilitate the Silt Jetties into the Future
UPDATE 2023 : it appears some of this never happened. Why ?
FOGL members gathered in 2016 at the Silt Jetties to hear from Parks Victoria’s Sean Phillipson, Manager for Regional Delivery, about plans to protect and rehabilitate this special part of the Gippsland Lakes.
As a stakeholder having had major projects along the Silt Jetties for ten years, FOGL was involved in workshops regarding their future and had input into the development of the current plans, so we were keen to hear how they are being implemented.
Sean showed us maps and gave an extremely interesting talk explaining the background to concerns about instabilities of the Silt Jetties Read More
Boole Poole seedling monitoring
Inspecting and maintain Parks Vic monitoring sites to assess browsing damage caused by Hog Deer on Banksia and Acacia species.https://fogl.org.au/project-burragarra-updates/boole-poole-monitoring-report-2013/
Mathieson’s Paddock
milk carton guards were not beating the browsers – a refresh with stronger guards on Sunday 21 June
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FoGL’s Bosworth Rd. Bridge submission
Friends of the Gippsland Lakes, Parks & Reserves (FoGL) has serious concerns in relation to the impact the proposed Bosworth Road bypass would have on the Macleod Morass Reserve and its significant ecology and wildlife…
FoGL submission to the Regional Coastal Plan
“FoGL emphasizes that environmental health and biodiversity underpin everything else.”