‘Get Outside’ is a community group and branch of Wildcare Tas. who facilitate nature-based experiences for refugees and new migrants to Tasmania, to connect to place and to each other. Get Outside has been operating since 2012, taking well over 1,000 refugees and migrants on bush walks, outdoor events and camps and training many young […]
WE ARE LOOKING FOR BOARD MEMBERS! If you are looking for a leadership opportunity and have the skills, experience, and time to commit to guiding an established not-for-profit charity making a genuine difference to the care and protection of Tasmania’s wild places the following opportunity might just be for you! Wildcare Tasmania is a strong […]
by Jo Widdowson – President Friends of Deal Island have been working away quietly and have a new strategy in dealing with the invasive weed ragwort. The November working bee was a great success – please take the time to have a look at the working bee report here, its a great read. Thanks to […]
How do you connect with nature? A national initiative to collect stories about how Australians connect with nature is underway, with UTAS researchers seeking to understand how we can encourage more positive relationships with the environment. Researchers are keen to hear from Wildcare members about their experiences of nature connection; with the resulting findings being […]
Wildcare Deslacs are looking forward to another year of activity in their local patch and welcome new and existing volunteers to every working bee. Planning for 2024 will commence over afternoon tea at their AGM this Sunday – contact info@wildcaredeslacs.org for details. This is what they got up to in 2023: SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES ON […]
National contribution towards the conservation of the Tasmanian Devil to mark the crowning of Her Majesty Queen Mary of Denmark Many Tasmanians will watch Denmark celebrate the coronation of His Majesty King Frederik and Her Majesty Queen Mary on Sunday 14 January with interest, and a sense of pride at seeing a woman who grew […]
Read about the efforts of Friends of Freycinet volunteers removing gorse on Schouten Island last December Schouten Island_Dec 2023
29 Newslette rDecember 2023 final pdf
The Wildcare Office will be closed from 22nd December – 3rd January Jill Maxwell, CEO (jillwildcare@gmail.com) and Linda Lever, Financial Services Manager (bookkeeper@wildcaretas.org.au) are back on the Wildcare deck on 3rd January. Kim Willing, Volunteer Services Manager (memberservices@wildcaretas.org.au) is on leave until 15th January.
Weed workshop 23 November 2023 The November working bee crew of Wildcare Cradle Mountain Volunteers (WCCMV), together with Parks staff, additional Wildcare members and a few others, convened for a fabulously informative day on environmental weeds with Mark Wapstra. Mark is an absolute fountain of knowledge and started the day by letting us know […]