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The Vredefort Dome: Conserving the World's Greatest Geological Legacy
Beneath our feet lies the story of one of Earth's most extraordinary events. The Vredefort Dome is more than an ancient landscape—it is the oldest and largest visible meteorite impact structure on our...
The Koedoeslaagte road is clean again
The stretch between Martini Ranch and White Bridge has been cleared of dumped rubbish — again. It is the least glamorous work the trust does, and some of the most necessary.
Burning to keep it alive
Highveld grassland evolved with fire and needs it. Managing the burn — cool, early, patchy — is one of the least understood and most consequential things we do.
Wattle, poplar, hyacinth: the invasion nobody photographs
Invasive plants are the slowest emergency on the dome. They drink the water, crowd out the grass and turn ordinary fires into destructive ones — and clearing them is relentless work.
The river is the reason
The Vaal runs along the dome's northern edge and decides most of what lives here. Protecting the wildlife means protecting the water first — and the water is under pressure.
Two billion years ago, the sky fell on the Free State
Everything the trust protects sits inside the scar of the largest verified meteorite impact on Earth. Here is what that actually means when you are standing on it.