TSN events & volunteer opportunities
Get Wild - Discover Natural Brisbane
Every third Saturday of every month. Our natural areas need your help. Join our bushcare volunteers in a morning of weed removal, planting and great company.
When: 07-Jan-2008 08:30 AM to 07-Dec-2008 12:30 PM
Where: Raven Street Reserve, QLD
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Parkcare Groups
Parcare groups are volunteers doing rehabilitation work on the following Sundays each month. Nielson Park (1st Sunday) Duggan Park (2nd Sunday) Prince Henry Heights (3rd Sunday) Waterbird Habitat (4th Sunday) Rehabilitation may include weed removal, propagating and planting native species as well as monitoring plants and wildlife. For more information on Parkcare groups and details on times and location please contact Veronica.When: 02-Mar-2008 to 28-Dec-2008
Where: Various, QLD
Bush For Life Introductory Workshop
This free one-day workshop provides the opportunity to learn about managing bushland for biodiversity. It introduces participants to the principles of bush management, why it's so important and what practical steps we can take to help. The workshop is a requirement for all those intending to take part in Bush For Life volunteer activities and is also highly recommended for owners of bushland taking part in the Bush For Life Private Lands Program. It is also a pre-requisite for most of the Advanced Bush For Life Workshops. Workshop content · The importance of native vegetation and basic ecology · Degrading influences on native vegetation · Bush regeneration principles · Minimum disturbance bush regeneration techniques · Working safely in the bush · How to get involved in the Bush For Life program · Field trip including demonstration of weeding techniques The workshop goes from 9am - 4pm, including a 1-2 hour Field Trip in the afternoon. As places are limited it is essential to book a place. Ring us on 08 8406 0500 to register for a workshop, or check our website for a schedule of dates and locations.When: 29-Mar-2008 09:00 AM to 14-Oct-2008 04:00 PM
Where: various - see web link, SA
HOPE volunteers various positions
Householders' Options to Protect the Environment (HOPE) is a community driven organisation that aims to raise awareness of, and encourage active participation in, waste minimisation and the conservation of energy and resources. HOPE is looking for volunteers who can help in the following areas: - Admin assisstant/Media Monitor - Help is needed to review lituarture (both hard copy and electronic) and to prepare summaries and e:bulletins for distribution to the environmental sector. - Media Coordinator - to prepare media releases and information articles - Membership Officer - deal with enquiries from members, supporters and liaise with our mutual support partners - Marketing and Public relations - general promotion and publicity of HOPE, it's charter and activities - Campaigners - Climate Change, genetically modified technology, social justice. For a more detailed description of what each position would entail contact HOPE.When: 09-Apr-2008 to 31-Dec-2009
Where: Toowoomba, QLD
Bulimba Creek Catchment volunteers
Volunteers are always welcome to join us. Whether it's pottering around the nursery or helping out with the field crew there is always something going on.... 1. A weekday field crew of 2 supervisors, 2 trainees and volunteers go to various bushland and wetland sites within our catchment. They do site prep (mulching, weeding, hole digging). They leave our office at 7.15am and return by 2.30pm 2. We have a community nursery at our office staffed by volunteers on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8am to 3pm. Volunteers collect seed, sort and treat seed, lay seed into trays, pot, water, weed and fertilise etc. 3. There are weekend working bees most weekends at a number of bushcare sites. Most sites work for a 2hr period once a month, planting and maintaining their site. We can give you contact numbers for the coordinators if you would like to join in with one of our groupsWhen: 10-Apr-2008 to 31-Dec-2009
Where: Various, QLD
Cape York Turtle Rescue - Help us save the babies
Cape York Turtle Rescue is a unque opportunity to help a community protect and preserve their turtle population. Cape York Turtle Rescue is located on the Western Coast of Cape York about 1 1/2 hours North of Weipa. It is frontier Australia. Work alongside Aboriginal rangers as they protect 3 endangered species of turtles. For more information www.capeyorkturtlerescue.com.auWhen: 08-Aug-2008 to 31-Oct-2008
Where: Western Coast of Cape York, QLD
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National Threatened Species Day Event - Threatened Fauna in the National Spotlight
Get a group together and participate in a Tiwest Night Stalk, a national citizen-based spotlight survey to determine numbers and distribution of Australian native species and feral pests.
Tiwest Night Stalk provides a snapshot of species diversity in rural and metropolitan Australia. Results are published on the Night Stalk website and made available to state conservation agencies. It's easy and anyone can do it!
All you need is a torch and a sense of adventure. Information for a successful Tiwest Night Stalk, including instructions and your own spotters log, is available at www.perthzoo.wa.gov.au/nightstalk.
Your survey can be completed anywhere in Australia and on any night/s from 1 September to 16 October 2008.
When: 01-Sep-2008 to 16-Oct-2008
Where: Australia-wide, WA
Volunteers wanted for Project Kial: A Bridled Nailtail Recovery Program
Project Kial: A Bridled Nailtail Recovery Program based in Marlborough, Central Queensland, is embarking on an unprecedented captive breeding program run by a community group under the auspices of Queensland EPA. We are in need of volunteers and/or students to do a wide variety of work including animal maintenance, research and monitoring. Anyone interested in endangered species, macropods, or wildlife management in general is encouraged to visit www.aace.org.au and click on Project Kial. Fill out the volunteer application form or ring Bob Moore on 0407623777. You are guaranteed an experience of a lifetime.When: 08-Sep-2008 to 30-Jun-2009
Where: Marlborough Queensland, QLD
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Ningaloo Community Turtle Monitoring Program
The NCTMP is a community-based monitoring program that is designed to provide high standard marine turtle nesting information through the collection of data on successful nesting emergences, false crawls, disturbance and spatial and temporal distribution of the three main species nesting in the Ningaloo Region: green, loggerhead and hawksbill turtles.
Volunteers spend approximately 2-3 hours each morning collecting data on turtle nesting beaches from December to February each year. No previous experience is necessary to participate as a "Turtle Tracker" but volunteers must be able to walk up to 3km of beach every day, sometimes over rocky terrain, in hot weather.
Volunteer Opportunities
- "Turtle tracking" - beach monitoring
- Data entry
- Remote camping and monitoring on the Ningaloo Reef beaches.
- Educational activities and interpretive talks at the newly established Jurabi Turtle Centre
- Assist with Turtle Rescues.
- Complete a TAFE certified Turtle Tour Guiding Course
- Obtain training in interaction protocols and assist turtle-visitor interactions on the beaches at night.
- Regular social events
- Leadership and organizational opportunities as a team leader.
- Internship with CALM and the Ningaloo Turtle Program
- Field methodology trainers
The Cape Conservation Group (CCG), Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) Exmouth District and David Waayers, PhD Candidate, Murdoch University (MU) formally established the Ningaloo Community Turtle Monitoring Program in 2002, with the assistance of a Threatened Species Network Grant and the involvement of WWF Australia. Since then, it has grown with a high level of interest from the local community of Exmouth, Western Australia and even overseas. The Program has become an excellent example of a collaborative conservation initiative with a high level of community involvement.
When: 01-Oct-2008 to 01-Aug-2009
Where: Exmouth, WA
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National Lecture Tour by Dr Jane Goodall
Hope for Nature - national lecture tour. Dr Jane Goodall will highlight species that are being saved from extinction worldwide, thank you to all the work scientist and researchers are doing all around the world.When: 01-Oct-2008 01:00 AM to 17-Oct-2008
Where: Perth, Alice Springs, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra , Sydney, Wellington, ACT
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Cabramatta Creek Flying-fox Reserve Field Day
Learn why the endangered Grey-headed Flying-fox community at Cabramatta Creek is so unique and about conserving Western Sydney bushland remnants. Includes light lunch and refreshments.When: 18-Oct-2008 10:30 AM to 18-Oct-2008 02:00 PM
Where: Cabramatta Creek Flying-fox Reserve, NSW
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BioBlitz 2008
WWF is inviting all interested environmental scientists - amateur, professional, 'wannabee' and indeed anyone else who might be interested - to come along to the 2008 BioBlitz - on the weekend of October 18 and 19.
The 2008 BioBlitz - an intensive 24-hour biological survey - will be conducted in the Corrigin Reserve 18-19 October 2008. Anyone interested in participating in the BioBlitz - and no experience is required - is welcome to join the teams of scientists and others who will be combing the Corrigin Reserve to find as many species as possible during the intensive 24-hour survey.
Survey teams will focus on birds, mammals, reptiles, invertebrates and flowering plants. There will even be a unique opportunity to see the famous and very rare Corrigin Grevillea. The Corrigin Reserve is one of the largest patches of bushland in the Central Wheatbelt. Although its botany has been well documented in the past, this will be a fantastic opportunity to discover what animals are living in the reserve. It will also be a chance to confirm recent sightings of malleefowl that have never been officially recorded.
All of the animals recorded on the days will be compiled in a report to the Corrigin Shire, detailing the reserve's biological diversity, the presence of rare and threatened species, and other information to assist in the long-term management of the reserve.
So why not come along and join the fun, or let someone else know who you think may be interested? All meals are included and there'll be lots of camp sites to go around.
When: 18-Oct-2008 12:00 PM to 19-Oct-2008 01:00 PM
Where: Corrigin Reserve, WA
International Youth Coastal Conference 2008
This conference is about a lasting commitment to our youth and the sustainable use of our marine and coastal environment and resources. All primary and secondary schools across the world are invited to attend this conference. Students and teachers from up to 100 schools will attend the 2008 event, with the age range of students approximately 11 to 17 year olds.When: 19-Oct-2008 to 22-Oct-2008
Where: To be advised, QLD
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Dieback Busters Field Day
Dieback Treatment Meet in the Reserve, road comes off Simons Drive. Morning tea provided. Members of Roleybushcare will teach newcomers how to treat their own bushland. Newcomers welcome.When: 19-Oct-2008 09:00 AM to 19-Oct-2008 12:00 PM
Where: Warrick Savage Reserve, WA
Sea Spurge Training Day
Come and learn to identify, control and survey and map this aquatic menace.When: 19-Oct-2008 10:00 AM to 19-Oct-2008 01:00 PM
Where: Eaglehawk Neck Hall, TAS
Veg Futures 2008
Veg Futures 08 will focus on the most pressing issues facing our unique natural landscapes: climate change, water conservation and management, and maintaining and promoting biodiversity within a native context. Veg Futures 08 is geared towards Natural Resource Management (NRM) organisations, NRM practitioners, farmers, regional planners, policy makers, and researchers - anyone involved in vegetation management.When: 20-Oct-2008 to 23-Oct-2008
Where: Toowoomba, QLD
Numbat radio-tracking at Dryandra
It's on again! As part of the Department of Environment and Conservation's Numbat Recovery Program, we will again be tracking a family of numbats during the pre-dispersal phase.
This study will continue the last two years' research to provide information on pre- and post-dispersal movements of mother and young and on survivorship at the pre-adult stage. As our tracking rosters require a stable team for a week at a time, there are two time slots available for volunteers, during which we need you to be present for the whole period: Monday October 20th to Monday October 27th, and Monday October 27th to Monday November 3rd 2008.
Volunteers will be working in teams of 4 and going out for shifts on the tracking stations, during daylight hours (well the afternoon shift will go till just after dark). There will be other work activities going on, including searching for numbats in other parts of Dryandra.
All food and accommodation (in the Lions Dryandra Woodland Village) provided. You just have to get yourself to Dryandra, a two-hour drive from Perth, 3.5 hours from Albany. Unfortunately we can't provide transport from Perth, but can do a pick-up from the Transwa bus stop in Narrogin. Please let me know by email if you can come. You can do two weeks if you want to!
When: 20-Oct-2008 to 03-Nov-2008
Where: Dryandra, WA
Numbat radio-tracking at Dryandra
This study will continue the last two years' research to provide information on pre- and post-dispersal movements of mother and young and on survivorship at the pre-adult stage. You are invited to come along as a volunteer. Two time slots are available, during which we need you to be present for the whole period: Monday October 20th to Monday October 27th, and Monday October 27th to Monday November 3rd 2008. All food and accommodation provided.When: 20-Oct-2008 to 03-Nov-2008
Where: Lions Dryandra Woodland Village, WA
Saving a Sunburnt Country - Nature Conservation Council Conference
Our unique biodiversity and ecosystems are under great threat from the potential speed of climate change. The Nature Conservation Council of NSW is presenting a ground breaking conference 'Saving a Sunburnt Country - the challenges of species adaptation in a heating land' on the 12 & 13 November, 2008 in Sydney. The conference aims to provide:
- access to the latest research on the challenges of assisting mitigation and adaptation for biodiversity and ecosystems under climate change
- an overview of current policy and planning
- examples of innovation from government, academics and the community
When: 12-Nov-2008 to 13-Nov-2008
Where: NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre, NSW
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