Wildcare Tasmania started reviewing how it operates the Tasmanian Nature Conservation Fund (its fund for tax-deductible donations) in late 2023. Our first consultation round included an invitation to members for feedback, an online members survey, input from our branch leaders, our review reference group, our office team, the Grants Committee and meetings with some of […]
by Phil Hrstich, Project Leader, Friends of Devonport Reserves. (Editors Note – Taylor Swift was not involved in this project). A grant from Wildcare’s Tasmanian Nature Conservation Fund enabled Friends of Devonport Reserves to purchase two 4G cameras to watch swift parrots at nest boxes. Unfortunately, the swifties haven’t chosen to use any of the […]
March 2024—time for the Friends of Melaleuca annual working bee! A group of enthusiastic volunteers hopped off the plane onto the white gravel of the Melaleuca airstrip to join those who had come by boat. A couple of new faces joined the gang this year and it was lovely to meet the new PWS Volunteer […]
Good news for Low Head penguins! The 2023/24 breeding season is coming to a close, with just a few chicks left in the colony. A survey of the nest boxes in early January recorded more than 20 chicks present, often as a pair, indicating a good breeding season for the birds. A recent visit in […]
Report on project completed with funding from the Tasmanian Nature Conservation Fund Californian Thistle Eradication and other weed work: Our aim is to eradicate these thistles from the island. We are almost there! At the last Spring working bee in November 2022, we treated (with Lontrel Advanced) a total of 662 thistles. An additional Working […]
See the latest Newsletter from Friends of Tasman Island at https://wildcaretas.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/30-Newslette-March-2024-April-10-22-final-pdf.pdf