Welcome to Landcare Tasmania's monthly bulletin

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Wildlife Monitoring Camera Tips

Wildlife monitoring is a relatively recent activity for many groups. One of the challenges is getting the right camera for the job.

The most common use is to see which critters are living in the patch you manage.  Many of these animals are on night shift so motion sensor cameras are an ideal way to capture the activity.

We have been working with groups for a number of years to help with their monitoring. Here are a few tips we have picked up along the way. CLICK HERE

We'll soon be publishing a review we are conducting on various types of wildlife cameras. Stay tuned.

Member's Outreach BBQ at Glebe Hill Reserve and Cambridge Primary School

We are pleased to say our second MOB of 2018 was a great success!

The restored Barilla Rivulet, and waterbug sampling

Looking at the Risdon Peppermint (E. risdonii) at Glebe Hill

Landcarers of all ages met up for our MOB on Hobart's eastern shore on the 20th of May. It was a packed day, with a hilltop walk at Glebe Hill Nature Reserve, waterbug sampling in the Barilla Rivulet, the story of the successful restoration efforts here by Cambridge Primary School (supported by Clarence City Council and Landcare Tasmania) to restore this Rivulet, as well as some good advice about wildlife cameras from Landcare Tasmania's Pete Stronach.

Click HERE to see all the action!

We would like to thank the following people for making the event a success:

• The 40 Landcarers from 13 Member Groups who attended - Supporting your community Landcare work is why we exist
• Chris Johns and Clarence City Council for promoting the importance of community Landcare and for financially supporting the BBQ
• Mayor Doug Chipman and Councillor Kay MacFarlane for coming on the day and meeting local Landcarers
• Adam Holmstrom of Glebe Hill Bushland Reserve Landcare Group for leading a really engaging walk
• Dr John Gooderham of the Waterbug Company for getting us into the water and having fun catching and identifying waterbugs
• The parents, teachers, and students at Cambridge Primary School for their hard work and enthusiasm, particularly Stephanie Murfet for her presentation on work the school is doing
• South Hobart Butcher for a good deal on some really great sausages and veggie burgers to feed the hungry!

Here's a look at some of the waterbugs the kids collected: 

Next MOB...

will be in Meander Valley in October (when the weather will be a bit more reliable).

Landcare groups team up to get the message out at Ecofest

Landcare Tas teamed up with local north west Landcare groups in April at the North West Ecofest in Ulverstone. We mixed and matched eager volunteers to Landcare groups working along the coast and provided advice on weeds such as Spanish Heath. Well done Ecofest, it was a fantastic day!

Thanks to the groups who helped out - Wynyard Landcare, Friends of Reid St Reserve, Friends of the Leven, Ulverstone Coast Care and Sulphur Creek/Preservation Bay Coastcare and Central Coast Council

Do you know of an event near you where you'd like to see Landcare Tasmania? We can help get groups together and loan you our events kit. It's a great way to engage with the public about the environmental issues that matter to your community care groups, and find more volunteers.

Donate for the end of financial year tax benefit

Tax Back for Primary Producers

Did you know that your shelterbelts and a number of other Landcare activities on farms maybe tax deductible.

CLICK HERE more information.