Tasmanian Land Conservancy
@tasland.bsky.social
We care for nature on our land and in partnership with private landholders throughout Tasmania.
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.
Video by Georgie Cummings.
September 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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.
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.
September 29, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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.
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September 23, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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.
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#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.
September 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
#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...
September 16, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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....
A Natural Escape - Painting Sloping Main Reserve
Join us at Sloping Main Reserve for a special workshop capturing nature in art.
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September 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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.
September 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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
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William Graddon, University of Tasmania Masters student & TLC intern When Jason Byrne and his family moved into their Sandy Bay home in 2018, the garden was little more than a dry paddock dotted with ...
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September 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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.
September 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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.
September 16, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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.
July 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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...
Watch at www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ-0...
BEYOND BOUNDARIES | Land, Love, & Legacy | Documentary Short Film
YouTube video by Felix Smith Media
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July 28, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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...
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.
July 28, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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
July 28, 2025 at 4:43 AM
#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.
July 28, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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.
July 16, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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.
July 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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!
July 14, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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!
Join us at Handmark Gallery for the #NationalTreeDay #Exhibition, where our own Dr Katherine Tuft will provide the official opening. The exhibit is a tribute to the beauty, resilience, & importance of trees in our lives & landscapes.
The opening starts at 5pm, 25 July, exhibit runs through to 11/08
The opening starts at 5pm, 25 July, exhibit runs through to 11/08
July 14, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Join us at Handmark Gallery for the #NationalTreeDay #Exhibition, where our own Dr Katherine Tuft will provide the official opening. The exhibit is a tribute to the beauty, resilience, & importance of trees in our lives & landscapes.
The opening starts at 5pm, 25 July, exhibit runs through to 11/08
The opening starts at 5pm, 25 July, exhibit runs through to 11/08
We recently hosted an event at #DesignTasmania in Kanamaluka / #Launceston to introduce our new TLC CEO, Dr Katherine Tuft, to our northern #community. It was a pleasure to welcome both familiar and new faces, and to share the space alongside inspiring works by artists from across #Tasmania.
July 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
We recently hosted an event at #DesignTasmania in Kanamaluka / #Launceston to introduce our new TLC CEO, Dr Katherine Tuft, to our northern #community. It was a pleasure to welcome both familiar and new faces, and to share the space alongside inspiring works by artists from across #Tasmania.
Do you want to #win a week’s #writing fellowship at TLC’s Sloping Main Reserve? Join us for a webinar on 9 July at 6pm to chat with some of Australia’s best #nature #writers, and get inspired. Find out more about the #residency and the online panel at islandmag.com/submit @islandmag.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Do you want to #win a week’s #writing fellowship at TLC’s Sloping Main Reserve? Join us for a webinar on 9 July at 6pm to chat with some of Australia’s best #nature #writers, and get inspired. Find out more about the #residency and the online panel at islandmag.com/submit @islandmag.bsky.social
Our latest #LandforWildlife event was held at the Fern Tree Community Hall in May. It was a great chance to focus in on a few of the #nocturnal #wildlife species that many of us share our homes with & tips for looking after them. TY Dr Lisa Cawthen & Bec Johnson who were our guest speakers.
June 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Our latest #LandforWildlife event was held at the Fern Tree Community Hall in May. It was a great chance to focus in on a few of the #nocturnal #wildlife species that many of us share our homes with & tips for looking after them. TY Dr Lisa Cawthen & Bec Johnson who were our guest speakers.
TLC supporters gathered at #SlopingMain Reserve in May to learn about the recent #restoration work completed there. Attendees saw & heard first-hand the #science behind the restoration work & techniques used to restore the area's original topography to start the #landscape on a path to #recovery.
June 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
TLC supporters gathered at #SlopingMain Reserve in May to learn about the recent #restoration work completed there. Attendees saw & heard first-hand the #science behind the restoration work & techniques used to restore the area's original topography to start the #landscape on a path to #recovery.
A couple of weeks ago, with support from the City of Hobart, TLC carried out a successful #ecological burn at our Tinderbox Hills Reserve. This carefully planned burn is part of our ongoing efforts to #protect the #ecological values of the area, especially the #bluegum and #whitegum forests.
June 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
A couple of weeks ago, with support from the City of Hobart, TLC carried out a successful #ecological burn at our Tinderbox Hills Reserve. This carefully planned burn is part of our ongoing efforts to #protect the #ecological values of the area, especially the #bluegum and #whitegum forests.