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What's happening in my backyard - seminar

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:45:25 EST

Stormwater Management
John Chrispijn is the Senior Stormwater Management Officer for the State Government-backed Derwent Estuary Program. He is involved with the implementation of stormwater management including water sensitive urban design ( WSUD) , stormwater harvesting, soil and water management, planning, community engagement, council coordination and setting stormwater management policy on a State level.

Fish Species Mapping in Tasmanian Waters
Dr Gretta Pecl is a Fulbright Fellow and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania. Her current research includes how species distributions are shifting in response to climate change, assessing fishery responses to climate change, working with marine industries to develop constructive adaptation options, and on using citizen science approaches for ecological monitoring and engagement.

REDMAP website
Light lunch will be provided.

Wednesday 30 May 12pm-2pm
EPA Level 6 Conference Room, 134 Macquarie Street, Hobart
(Service Tasmania Building – Government Offices)

Cost: Free for EIANZ members, $15 for non members
RSVP or Enquiries: 6272 2034, carmel@crcms.com.au
RSVP by COB Wednesday 23 May 2012

National Volunteer Week BBQ

Fri, 4 May 2012 14:40:43 EST

To celebrate National Volunteer Week, NRM South is hosting a thank-you event for all volunteers working in natural resource management, including landcare, bushcare and coastcare.

Where: Kingston Beach Sailing Club, Southern end of Osborne Esplanade, Kingston Beach
When: Friday 18 May, 11am-1pm
What: BBQ lunch provided
RSVP: By Friday 11 May, indicating any special dietary requirements
Contact: NRM South on 6221 6111 or admin@nrmsouth.org.au

Special guest speakers will present their top tips on what has helped make their care groups a success!

20 years!

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:55:32 EST

20 years of Coastcare at Southern Beaches

Jack’s Flat was the perfect place for a celebration by the Southern Beaches Landcare/Coastcare Inc group on the 14^th of May. The group enthusiastically commemorated 20 years of community achievements with music, art activities, food, kite flying and displays.

Gwen Egg, a founding member of the group, said “SBL/C has been caring for the local coastal environment for 20 years now and we have been looking after Jack’s Flat for 11 years.”

Jack’s Flat has been a patch dear to the hearts of SBL/C volunteers. Over the past 11 years the group has removed weeds, restored native vegetation, cleaned up the waterway and advocated for the area’s protection with their local council, resulting in this important riparian area being declared a reserve.

Southern Beaches Landcare/Coastcare works in the community to care for coast and country, especially beaches. It involves a keen team of volunteers in regular meetings and working bees to look after the coast from Lewisham, Dodges Ferry, Carlton, Carlton River, Park Beach and Primrose Sands – an area collectively referred to as the ‘Southern Beaches’.

The group is currently completing a project to restore habitat and put up signs to protect values on Spectacle Island, just offshore from the local beaches. They’re also working on Carlton Bluff at Primrose Sands, removing serrated tussock and rehabilitating the area. An upcoming project in partnership with SCAT will rehabilitate sand dunes at Carlton Beach.

NRM South congratulates Southern Beaches Landcare/Coastcare members for their dedication and hard work over the past 20 years and we look forward to many more successful years ahead.

If you’d like more information about the Southern Beaches Landcare/Coastcare group please email: southernbeacheslandcoastcare@gmail.com

This story is from the NRM South Winter 2011 newsletter. Click here to read this and other NRM South newsletters.

Tasman Island

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:34:27 EST

All go on Tasman Island!

The Friends of Tasman Island are a fantastically active Wildcare Group...... here’s a summary of some of what they have been up to recently ….

Two volunteer working bees have been held on the island since February, coordinated by tireless group members Chris Creese and Erika Shankley. Erika’s report from the Easter working bee details a long list of successful works undertaken. These included installing a new water tank at Quarters 3, renovation of and then reconnecting the electrical circuits to the oil store and Quarters 1 and 2, mowing and brushcutting and weeding.

As part of this working bee the local Rotary Club also ran their annual Tasman Island Open Day. 50 visitors visited the island throughout the day, shuttled back and forth from Safety Cove by helicopter. On the island, lighthouse tours were conducted by Lyndon O’Grady of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) and Chris Creese from FoTI, while John Cook related some of his stories from the ‘old days’.

There have also been regular visits to the island this year by the Feral Cat Eradication Project team and apparently there is now possibly only one cat left on the island! This project has been a co-operative effort between Wildcare Inc (through the Wildcare Gift Fund), PWS and DPIPWE.

FoTI has also been busy on the fundraising scene. The Lighthouse Cookbook and 2011 Lighthouse Calendar projects (see promotion in this magazine) in partnership with the Friends of Deal Island continue to provide a valuable source of funds. Add to this a successful raffle and continuing success with grant applications and it’s pretty clear why the balance sheets look so healthy.

This story is from the Wildcare Inc newsletter 'Wildtimes' Issue 38. Click here to read this and other issues of Wildtimes.

Maatsuyker Island

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:48:41 EST

Botanising on the edge

(Photo courtesty Marina Campbell)

For the vast majority of us the rugged landscape of Maatsuyker Island will only ever be seen on the pages of a book or on a computer screen. Yet despite its isolated and at times treacherous location a group of dedicated and passionate volunteers have been working hard to maintain the island’s natural and cultural heritage.

The Friends of Maatsuyker Island have been visiting the island since 2004 to carry out weed management to control the highly invasive weeds Hebe elliptica, Blackberry and Montbretia that threaten the burrowing seabird habitats.

“It is rewarding to see the positive impact of the annual follow-up to areas that were completely invested with Hebe elliptica and Blackberry,” said Friends of Maatsuyker Island Secretary, Marina Campbell. “Now we are seeing the return of native vegetation and are excited to witness the short-tailed shearwater burrows being occupied again.”

One of the real challenges faced by the group has been funding transportation of the eager volunteers to and from the island by helicopter.

“Helicopter transport is the most significant component of working bee costs,” Marina said.

Friends of Matsuyker Island was one of 20 community groups to receive a NRM South Naturally Inspired grant in 2010, which assisted the group to meet some of their transportation cost.

This story is from the NRM South Winter 2011 newsletter. Click here to read this and other NRM South newsletters.