A brighter future for our turtles
Update : 15th February 2025 We’re thrilled to share that 201 turtle hatchlings have emerged from our Turtle Islands! These tiny champions are a huge step forward in our mission
15 February 2025
Category: Projects
Gathering for Growlers
Experts in conservation, management and breeding of Growling Grass Frogs (GGF) are coming together in late August to share latest knowledge being gathered across a range of ‘testbed’ locations including
26 July 2024
‘Caring for country’ at the heart of groundbreaking new native plants guide
A groundbreaking new native plants guide has been launched this week as part of NAIDOC Week celebrations in Benalla and at Winton Wetlands. The guide is the result of research
9 July 2024
Frogs getting a $4,000 “Biosis boost”!
The ongoing work at Winton Wetlands to help return the native Growling Grass Frog to its natural habitat across northern Victoria has been boosted by a very generous $4,000 sponsorship
15 May 2024
Latest funding boost will “keep an eye on the frogs”
Efforts to return native growling grass frogs to Winton Wetlands are set to receive a major boost with new funds just granted by a philanthropic body, the Wettenhall Environment Trust.
2 April 2024
Can I come out yet?
Winton Wetlands’ resident Growling Grass Frogs have been enjoying a quiet life inside a quarantine laboratory since their transfer across from their former outdoor home near Bendigo in March this
26 September 2023
Annual Report available
The latest annual report for Winton Wetlands Committee of Management is now available. It features highlights of achievements made and issues faced in the financial year 2021-22. There were quite
16 August 2023
‘Seeds from the sky’ at Winton Wetlands
Seeds will be “raining from the sky” this week at Winton Wetlands, as a specially designed heavy-duty drone drops thousands of native plant seed pods into hard-to-reach corners of the
5 June 2023
Showing the way
Introducing Sarah Way, a fabulous new addition to the Winton Wetlands team. Sarah is a zoologist with over 18 years’ experience in threatened fauna species conservation including field-based research and
25 May 2023
Welcome back, Pygmy Perch!
Southern Pygmy Perch fish (Murray-Darling lineage) were once common in the waterways of the Winton Wetlands, up till at least the 1960s. Sadly, they then departed – but now they’re
16 January 2023
