The 60 million year old tale: Our Nuwejaars dragonfly pursuit
Around 60 million years ago, something pretty amazing happened in the Cape: dragonflies started making themselves at home in our fynbos and our wetlands.
2020: Bad for humans; great for our animal kingdom
2020 has been a wonderful year for the animal kingdom – especially in the Overberg. While their human counterparts have faced a pandemic, lockdown and a
Food Relief: A partnership to ensure full tummies
Over the past six months, the Nuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area (NWSMA) has worked with wonderful partners to roll out a Food Relief Programme. Between May and October, we
A fynbos find that had CREW excited
A day spent with the team from the Custodians of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers (CREW) led to an exciting find: a Critically Endangered Erica species that had never before been seen on the
SMA Annual Report 2019/20 available
“2019 must surely go down as one of the most exciting years for the Nuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area. Globally this has been a time of extreme loss: natural habitats are being removed
Freddy and his Rau Quagga family: A Q&A on this innovative project
Freddy is part of the Quagga Project – and he has subsequently become one of the top Rau Quaggas in the project. Freddy is part of the Quagga Project
