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NatureTrackers Call for Bat Roosting sites
The Bookend Trust, through the NatureTrackers program, has recently launched the CallTrackers project – so anyone in Tasmania can help monitor bats through recording their calls. [...]
Coastal Weed Warning – Rice Grass
Rice Grass (Spartina anglica) Warning A new and potentially devastating weed has recently been detected in the Huon and D’Entrecasteaux Channel waterway. Known as an “ecosystem [...]
Haldene Reserve Consultation
The Lenah Valley Community Association is engaged in a community consultation process about the Haldane Reserve. This Hobart City Council managed bush/rivulet area was established on land ‘gifted' to [...]
Dragonflies and Damselflies of Tasmania
Congratulations to Michael Driessen and Gunther Theischinger for writing TFNC’s latest publication. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Tasmania is designed as a field guide but with much [...]
Threatened Species Strategy Discussion Paper
The current Threatened Species Strategy lists more than 700 species as being threatened. It has been in place for more than 20 years and needs to [...]
A new book from member Simon Grove
Seasons in the South - a Tasmanian naturalist's journey of discovery — and recovery “Simon Grove comes from the great tradition of naturalists who see the [...]
Great Southern Bioblitz 2023
The 2023 Great Southern Bioblitz will be held 24th to 27th November 2023. More information is available from greatsouthernbioblitz.org Results from the 2022 survey are available [...]
Elizabeth (Sib) Corbett and Keith Corbett Awarded OAM
Long time members of the TFNC Sib and Keith Corbett have each been awarded the Order of Australia Medal for ‘Services to Conservation and the Environment’ [...]
Bumble Bees – Bombus terrestris
Message from Researcher James Mackinson: I am a bee biologist from Western Sydney University. I am currently in Tasmania until the 9th of May studying the [...]
Don Hird Travel Blog
Bangkok to Chiang Rai I will be biking with Peter on this trip. Good friend from Vienna, he has been here since November so is way [...]
Certificate 3 in Conservation and Ecosystem Management
Nationally recognised qualification. Great vocational outcome. And its a free course (conditions apply)! See Tas Tafe website for more information: tastafe.tas.edu.au
Pacific black duck and Mallard hybridisation
Members are invited to take part in a project that aims to monitor the distribution of hybridisation between native Pacific black ducks and introduced mallards. There [...]
Welcome Phil Collier to The Naturalist editorial team
Phil Collier, former president of TFNC and contributor over many years to articles in the Tasmanian Naturalist, has joined the editorial team. We thank him for assisting the TFNC [...]
Genevieve Gates Awarded ANHC Medallion
Genevieve is presented with the Australian Natural History Medallion by TFNC President Eddie Gall, 3rd. December 2022 At the Tasmanian Field [...]
Community Rainbow Lorikeet trapping program
Rainbow Lorikeets are classed as an invasive species, they are not protected and landowners are able to safely and humanely destroy them. The Environmental and Invasive [...]
NatureMapr citizen science platform now Australia-wide
With the recent inclusion of Tasmania, the NT, SA and WA, NatureMapr now provides the ability for anyone, via web or smartphone, to quickly upload their [...]
Le Souëf Award presentation
At the General Meeting on Thursday 7 April, 2022 members Kristi Ellingsen and Tony Daley were presented with the Victorian Entomological Society’s Le Souëf Memorial Award. They [...]
Illustrated Checklist of Tasmanian Beetles launched
TFNC members Simon Grove and Lynne Forster, in collaboration with their colleague Nicholas Porch, have published the first in a proposed series of checklists of Tasmanian [...]
Winners of Victoria’s Le Souëf Memorial Award
Congratulations to TFNC members Kristi Ellingsen and Tony Daley who have won the Entomological Society of Victoria’s Le Souëf Memorial Award. They have made a major contribution to the [...]
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