Join the Landcare Movement

Landcare Tasmania offers three types of membership

Join our community network which includes care groups, landowners and managers, individuals, schools, businesses and other organisations who are committed to improving the health of our natural and working landscapes.

We offer the following types of membership:

  • Community Care Group
  • Individual
  • Associate

Before joining as a member:

 

Please be aware that if you intend to apply for Landcare Tasmania grants on behalf of an organisation (such as a farm) then you must apply for membership for that organisation as an Associate member.

Associate Membership

Any entity that is interested or involved in community Landcare issues & activities*, but whose main purpose is something else.

You may be a school, aboriginal organisation, business, club or association, farm, trust, government entity, etc.

Note that:

  • Any of the above entities could form a community care group, which would be a separate group with its own purpose
  • School Associate members have the opportunity to be involved in our Education program
  • The fee structure for Associate members is based on annual turnover, except for schools where a flat fee applies (see the fee structure below)
  • Associate members do not receive voting rights
  • All Associate memberships have rolling renewal dates - your renewal date would be 1 year from joining.

Join as a School Associate Member  |  Join as a non-school Associate Member

 

Community Care Group Membership

A group of people who are dedicated to Landcare activities*

Under the Landcare Tasmania constitution, any group of people can form a community care group provided:

  • At least two people agree to form the group, or register an existing group
  • The group has a specific purpose related to caring for our land, sky or waters 
  • All funds raised go towards fulfilling this purpose, and if the group closes the remaining funds will be donated (no profit gained)

A group may be:

  • Place-based: a catchment, local area, reserve, property, urban area etc.
  • Issue-based: A network or group that raises awareness and takes action on Landcare issues.
  • Or both!

Note that:

  • Community care groups manage their own activities, members, volunteers and safety
  • Are also referred to as 'care groups' or 'member groups'
  • Receive full membership and services, including voting rights
  • Care group memberships have an annual renewal date: 31 January each year

Join as a Community Care Group

Individual Membership

A person who is involved in, or seeking to get involved in Landcare activities*, and wants to be part of the community Landcare movement. 

You might be someone who:

  • Wants to learn new skills
  • Undertakes Landcare activities on their property
  • Is part of a Landcare Community Care Group (not required)
  • Works in a related sector

Note that: 

  • You do not need to be an individual member to join a community care group - each group will have its own rules for joining.
  • Individual members do not receive voting rights
  • Individual memberships have rolling renewal dates - your renewal date would be 1 year from joining. There is an option to set up an automatically-renewing subscription.

Join as an Individual Member

Examples of Landcare Activities

Restoring degraded areas or natural values

  • Address erosion, salinity, soil health
  • Biodiverse, locally native habitat plantings, including shelterbelts, farm dams, former paddocks & plantations, urban & peri-urban areas
  • Caring for Country: aboriginal-led land management
  • Climate change adaptation / mitigation
  • Native seed collection & propagation
  • Reinstate habitat connectivity
  • Fencing waterways, stock exclusion, off-stream watering
  • Sustainable & regenerative agriculture
  • Recovery actions for threatened flora/fauna
  • Waste removal (clean-ups)
  • Wildlife rescue, care, and conservation programs

Removing threats

  • Control weeds
  • Control pest animals or diseases
  • Prevent waste or resource inefficiencies

Recording observations / data collection

  • Citizen science programs, e.g. bioblitz, waterwatch
  • Surveys, mapping, monitoring
  

Protecting & enhancing areas of high natural value

  • Contribute to fire management in the landscape
  • Create artificial habitats
  • Fencing native vegetation - to reduce browsing pressure, protect wildlife
  • Natural revegetation (no planting)
  • Establishing site or species protections
  • Registering carbon & biodiversity projects

Awareness-raising and learning

  • Community awareness campaigns, signage
  • Info sessions, workshops, field days, excursions
  • Aboriginal-led cultural awareness and two-way knowledge sharing
  • Landcare programs at schools & other education facilities

Establishing community resources (community capacity building)

  • Community farms, market gardens, bush tucker gardens, school kitchen gardens
  • Community native nurseries & seed banks
  • Tracks and trails

 

...and anything else that involves community members caring for the land, sky, and waters of Lutruwita/Tasmania!

 

Membership Decision Tree

Use this tree to determine which membership category is right for you or your organisation. 

*Refer to Example Landcare Activities above to help you decide.

 

 

Membership Fee Structure

Membership policy: While Landcare Tasmania aims to make membership fees accessible to all, we understand that this fee structure may not cover all financial situations. The board may exercise discretion to waive or modify a membership fee on a case-by-case basis. For example, if you are an Aboriginal organisation we have an existing agreement with, or an existing or previous partner.