2 unwavering champions of #conservation in #Tasmania became TLC Honorary Life Members this yr. Dr Matt Appleby & Dr Kerry Bridle have dedicated their careers to improving conservation outcomes on private land & within landscapes facing the strongest land-use change pressure in Tas.

All we want for #Christmas is #wetlands alive with returning birds & woodlands still connected enough for #wildlife to move safely. But as #bushland disappears, the climate shifts and invasive species spread, < 650 Tasmanian species are now threatened with #extinction.

Read our latest blog post on how we are strengthening #wetlands and restoring resilience at Silver Plains Reserve through a five-year grant from The Ian Potter Foundation: tasland.org.au/blog/restori...

Across #Tasmania, nature is under threat as old forests dwindle & landscape connections weaken. This #Christmas, consider giving a gift to #futuregenerations – tall trees, cool shade, birdsong & thriving wildlife. Ur support helps conserve wildlife & the places they depend on, tasland.org.au/donate

Pop our #summer #newsletter on your #summerreading list! This issue features stories on how we are helping to build the skills & knowledge of conservation professionals, the latest farm to join MCP, & an update on our #EasternQuoll Restoration Project. Read it at tasland.org.au/about-the-tl...

From #farmers & #volunteers to families supporting nature in their backyards – #conservation works best when people connect. Your gift helps us care for landscapes and strengthens the network of landholders caring for #Tasmania’s nature. #Donate now, tasland.org.au/donate

We’re excited to share TLC’s 2025–30 #StrategicPlan. Our vision is for Lutruwita/#Tasmania to be a global leader in #natureconservation. To get there, we’re focusing on: • thoughtful, long-term mgmt of the places in our care • growing a strong, connected #community of people for #nature...

This yr, we welcomed 7 new Honorary Life Members at our AGM. The first 2 we would like to mention are our outgoing #boardmembers, Ted Lefroy & Erika Korosi. Each has contributed an amazing 10 yrs of careful thought + dedication to our org through their board roles.

Many of us come home for #Christmas. So do #swift parrots. Each #spring they cross Bass Strait to nest in #Tasmania’s #bluegum forests – but their habitat is shrinking.

We’re excited to share our 24/25 #AnnualReport – a look back at what we achieved together for nature in Lutruwita/#Tasmania. Highlights from the year include: • protecting new highland habitat at Pine Tier • growing #LandforWildlife > 900 members...

Last week some incredible Handmark Gallery #artists spent three days at Pine Tier (part of our Five Rivers Reserve) with some of our team - the first step in an exciting new #collab between TLC & Handmark.

#Tasmania in Action is now live – 8 practical case studies made with TLC, @utas.edu.au & partners. They’re full of lessons from people who’ve spent years working on the ground. If #conservation is your world, you’ll find something useful here. sites.google.com/ourcommonpla...

For #nature to thrive, it needs #community. And for communities to thrive, we need nature. Help strengthen the bond that sustains both. #Donate now, tasland.org.au/donate

At TLC, around 8 of us focus on supporting private landholders who help care for #Tasmania’s incredible #conservation values. In mid-Nov, this team spent 2days at Kingston in the #Midlands w Simon Cameron — learning from his experiences while also lending a hand with an arvo of woody weed removal.

#MidlandsConservationPartnership is pleased to announce that, in collab with @utas.edu.au, we have secured $75k through a Landcare Agriculture Biodiversity in Action grant. The funding will support a PhD project to address a key knowledge gap in #grassland mgmt.

With assistance from Justin Cashin and with ideal weather conditions – no mean feat in this windy #spring! – TLC completed a 1.1-hectare #ecologicalburn at Rubicon Sanctuary.

Over 100 people from our #community joined us for our co-hosted birding event with Inala Nature Tours on their beautiful property on South #BrunyIsland. Small flocks of #swiftparrots feeding on the ground and fluffy fledgling #forty-spottedpardalotes were two of the birding highlights.

Congrats to @utas.edu.au’s Professor Mark Hovenden & team on the success of their ARC Discovery Project (4 years, $1.18M): Protecting the #peatysoils that store #Australia’s water!

Managing & preparing #covenanted properties for new owners takes time & multiple rounds of exploration from our team. Recently, Kenna Reid-Clark, from our reserves team, explored Karoola Hills with our CEO Dr Kath Tuft, #ecologist Matilda Terry and conservations programs manager, Nicole Sherriff.

#Congrats to the #winner of the inaugural #NatureWritingPrize, Bridget Webster with her #story 'Like all good fruit'. Bridget’s work stood out to the judges for its remarkable & memorable perspective. Her short fiction evokes the beauty & horror, the transcendental wonder, of death & decay.

#Spring at TLC's St Helens #RevolvingFund Property is especially gorgeous, the #ironbark forest understorey is flowering, incl. wattles, peas, #orchids & #sundews. Among them, the climbing sundew was seen weaving its way through the vegetation. Property #forsale here: tasland.org.au/properties-f...

We want to say a big #thankyou to Dr Tanya Scharaschkin & Rae at Plants of Tasmania Nursery for helping us host our #NatureJournaling Workshop event in Oct. We slowed down, sat & sketched our way around the nursery, being inspired by the amazing #Tasmanian #flora available.

We have welcomed a new landholder to the Midlands Conservation Partnership community! Luke Rapley, owner of Plassey, has signed a 5-year agreement with MCP covering an area of 438 hectares of Luke's farm.

Our intern, Jonty Dehnert, has welcomed our newest Land for Wildlife member, Harry Chandler. Harry and his family have been protecting bushland remnants on their land which had been degraded by past clearing and grazing.

#Conservation #ecologist, Rebecca McFarlane, was out surveying grasslands on a covenanted property east of #Launceston in October. She had a 'wow' moment looking back towards the car with the slopes of #BenLomond in the background.

Hello from Blondie, who is enjoying a wander and a sniff at our Eagle Rock Reserve. Our reserves team has been out west maintaining the property, including the rustic shack, roads and gates. #leucism #echidna #ecosystem #wildlifeconservation #greatoutdoors #discovertasmania #fieldwork #spring

We ⏰ up a lot of kms here at the TLC. Our reserves are spread across Tas, & we're not shy of 🛻 up the #MidlandHighway a couple of times a week. For the past 2yrs, we've completed the #defensivedriving course with Performance Driving Australia, learning essential skills to negotiate #Tassie roads.

Possibly the best tracks to spot! These are #Tassie devil tracks in the mud at TLC's The Big Punchbowl Reserve! The reserve has a resident population of nat #endangered #Tasmaniandevils. Devils are widespread across the reserve despite the persistence of devil facial tumour disease in the area.

"We check the #weather for all sorts of reasons – #bushwalks, backyard plans, deciding whether to wear a beanie or puffer jacket to the beach. For the TLC team, it’s also how we decide when to return fire to the land...". Read 'Burning for #Biodiversity' in NL83 tasland.org.au/2025/08/newsletter-83/

From our scientists' desks, we have this lovely report from ecologist Matilda Terry from her recent visit to Sloping Main Reserve... "I spent a day at Sloping Main in the spring sun, with no wind and snow-capped Kunanyi as the backdrop..." read more over at www.facebook.com/share/p/1AmP...

We have a new #RevolvingFund property coming up #forsale near #Swansea here in #Tasmania. Here is a sneak peek at the photos from our most recent visit. #Signup to our Revolving Fund properties for sale emails to stay in the loop. Subscribe at tasland.org.au/properties-for-sale/

Our #Spring newsletter has sprug and you can read it at tasland.org.au/2025/08/newsletter-83/ This addition includes stories about #ecologicalburning, Gifts in Wills, #deermanagement & WELA Leadership Intensive as well as the Ian Potter Foundation #grant for our Silver Plains Reserve.

Can you help us ID this species of #insect? It was filmed at TLC's The Big Punchbowl Reserve, crawling along in casuarina debris. Tip: we think it might be a #moth in the family #Psychidae. Video by Georgie Cummings.

Two of our most recent members to join the #LandforWildlife Program are Kristan Laemmle-Ruff & Summer Phillips. They are building their #dreamhouse on a block of land on the #TasmanPeninsula that they purchased through the TLC's Revolving Fund.

Survey extended! But it's still time to get a wriggle on – like this #bluetonguelizard! We’d love to know what inspires you to support #wildlife in your #garden. @utas.edu.au #student Millicent Biggs is surveying GFW members to help us improve our program. utas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

#Artist Melissa Smith was inspired by our Silver Plains Reserve to create works for her upcoming #exhibition, 'On Silver Plains.' We're proud to support her work, which will be on display at Australian Galleries Melb from Sept 23 - Oct 11.

Support #conservation while decluttering your gear! Recycled Recreation #Tasmania is taking donations for their annual Garage Sale in October. All proceeds from their garage sales support the TLC! Find out more: tasland.org.au/recycled-rec...

Join us at Sloping Main Reserve on October 12th for a guided walk & paint experience with #artist Mel Hills and TLC ecologist Matilda Terry. Explore the #saltmarsh through #art & #ecology. All skill levels welcome. Learn more & book your spot at events.humanitix.com/naturalescap....

This #spring, the TLC staff enjoyed an all-staff day at The Quoin, a property owned & managed by Wedgetail, whose CEO & Founder is our Board Member, Lisa Miller. Wedgetail is restoring The Quoin's 5,000 ha's & working to share what they've learned with other private landowners.

Meet Jason Byrne, a professor at @utas.edu.au University of Tasmania, who transformed his dry paddock into a thriving Garden for Wildlife! Read his inspiring story on our blog: tasland.org.au/blog/gfw_072... #gardenforwildlife

Our TLC team attended a traditional #fire workshop at Fairylands on #BrunyIsland, learning from property owner Paul, #ecologist Matt, & indigenous fire practitioner Jason. A huge thank you to Jason from Patrula Nayri (Fire good) Traditional Fire Workshops for sharing his wisdom.

If you missed our annual Conservation #Science Symposium during #NationalScienceWeek, watch the recording at tasland.org.au/blog/ccs2025.... Over 160 ppl joined us to hear from 19 speakers, as they shared the latest science happening on TLC reserves & with our partners.

Recently, our #LandforWildlife Coordinator Phil Wise visited a joint working bee between the Glenorchy City Council and City of Hobart Council Bushcare groups, who were working on the removal of #environmental #weeds in a section of #bush on the #urbanfringe.

This new film by Felix Smith tells the inspiring story of conservation giants Peter Sims OAM and Dr John Wilson OAM, and their decades-long commitment to protecting Lutriwita/Tasmania’s natural environment. Watch at www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ-0...

Our latest #LandforWildlife member, Chris Calverley from Tayene, has sent through these fabulous pictures of #easternquolls who have made a home under his deck. They manage to get through a small hole, with one picture of a larger male gnawing the decking to make the hole big enough for him.

#GardensforWildlife members, here is a survey just for you! Your garden is the missing link in a new @utas.edu.au Honours research project. Honours student Millicent Biggs is studying how backyard gardens support #Tasmanian #wildlife. Start the survey here: lnkd.in/gChGeTAa

We’re excited to receive significant support from The Ian Potter Foundation over the next five years to restore the rare peatland marshlands of Silver Plains Reserve in Lutruwita/Tasmania’s Central Highlands. These wetlands play a vital role in the landscape.

This is Kevin & Isabelle Brown from Gleneagle Tasmania at Riana, our newest #LandforWildlife members. They are very keen on protecting their #eucalypt bushland & looking after #wildlife, & recently restored 'Wobbles' a dusky #antechinus to good health.

Meet Boris, our most recent landowner to join #LandforWildlife with his partner, Chrystine. Many Tasmanians would be familiar with their gem & fossil shop in the Lune River area. They have remnant #stringybark forest, regen blackwood forest & saline sedge/rush land on the shores of the Lune River.

Our #science team recently visited Sloping Main Reserve & is pleased to report that the recent #hightide enabled the 1st free exchange of water btw the #saltmarsh & the #ocean since the removal of the weir & levee. This is an exciting milestone and an encouraging sign of recovery!