Friday 25 October | Welcome!6–7pmVice regal reception at Government House, Hobart. Announcing Roll of Honour, Honorary Life Members & Tasmanian Premier’s Landcare Award (Event by invitation only)

6–8pm Welcome Ceremony and woodfired pizza at the Queens Domain in Hobart *Free for everyone with tickets to any part of the weekend

Saturday 26 October | Conference Day & AwardsBlundstone Arena, Bellerive9am – 4.30pmConference talks, workshops, networking, displays and panel discussions

6–9pmTasmanian Landcare Awards Dinner & Celebration

Sunday 27 October | Field Trips Leaving from Blundstone Arena, Bellerive8am – 5pm (approx)Field trips in the region linking in with talks and workshops from the Saturday conference

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE FIELD TRIPS

2019TasmanianCommunity

LandcareConference

25–27 October 2019 25 years supporting

community Landcare

Indigenous Land Management AwardTasmanian Aboriginal Centre pakana services

Austcover Young Landcare Leadership AwardFriends of Fernglade – Carmel Allen

Penguin Rehab & Release – Sarah Facey

24 Carrot Gardens – Reuben Parker-Greer

Australian Government Innovation in Agriculture Land Management AwardRebel Food Tasmania

Redbank Farm

Red Cow Organics

Virgin Coastcare AwardBellerive Bluff Land & Coastcare Group Inc.

Circular Head Landcare Group

Friends of Randalls Bay Coastcare

Seymour Community Action Group Inc.

Australian Community Media Landcare Community Group AwardKing Island Natural Resource Management Group

Tranmere & Clarence Plains Landcare Coastcare

Australian Government Individual Landcarer AwardFriends of Fernglade – Vivienne Briggs

Friends of Randalls Bay – Paul Thomas

Friends of the Leven – Peter Stronach

Friends of Trevallyn Reserve – Anna Povey

Wynyard Landcare – Richard Donaghey

Australian Government Partnerships for Landcare AwardFriends of Bass Strait Islands, Wildcare Inc.

NRM North

Tasmanian Land for Wildlife & Gardens for Wildlife Programs

Westbury Town Common Landcare Group

The Glamorgan Spring Bay Natural Resource Management (NRM) Committee

Australian Government Landcare Farming AwardMidlands Tree Committee

Soil First Tasmania

Woolworths Junior Landcare Team AwardAndrews Creek Primary School

Grade 3 Riverside Primary School

Lady Gowrie Campbell Street

Risdon Vale Primary School

TASMANIAN LANDCARE AWARD NOMINATIONS

CONTACT & STAY IN TOUCHLandcare Tasmania Inc.100 Elizabeth St, Hobart, TAS, 7000 P: (03) 6234 7117

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#1 ClarenceWalk through coastal restoration sites with local groups, with a talk on middens and places of gathering

#2 Coal RiverExplore wetlands, viticulture, a farm, 24 Carrot primary school and fire management

#3 The Channel and HuonRevegetation site, innovative farming in dairy, coastal restoration at Randalls Bay and activities at Waterworks Group. Glen Huon Dairy for Lunch

#4 Bruny IslandThreatened species habitat, wildlife, swift parrots and coastal rehabilitation. Bruny Island Game Meats for lunch and talk

#5 Tasman PeninsulaCoastal wetlands, community market garden and tour of conservation property Bangor

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8.30 Arrival and registration. Post your Landcare achievements on the timeline wall.

RICKY PONTING ROOM LANDCARE TAS ROOM THE THEATRETTE SUITE 19.05 Welcome & Acknowledgment of Country Intro

by - Writer and occasional ABC broadcaster Hilary Burden

9.12 Minister Guy Barnett - Official opening9.17 Clarence Mayor Doug Chipman9.22 Landcare Tasmania CEO Rod Knight9.30 Opening Keynote - Prof Jamie Kirkpatrick:

Benefiting biodiversity at the property scale

SUPPORTING BIODIVERSITY FOLLOW THE SPEAKER CITIZEN SCIENCE THE LAW & LOCAL GOVERNMENT9.50 Shasta Henry - Insect solutions to human problems Jamie Kirkpatrick David McElwee - The Natural Values Atlas: What

can it do for you?Claire Burgess - Landcarers, biosecurity and the law

10.10 Vishnu Prahalad - Coastal saltmarsh management, monitoring and restoration in Tasmania: past, present and future

Shasta Henry Clare Lawrence - Using citizen science & technology to understand & manage Tasmanian devil roadkill

Panel (40 mins) - Role of Local Government in Landcare - Sonya Sonya Stallbaum (Central Coast), Mel Kelly, Glamorgan Spring Bay), Phil Watson (Clarence City), Renee Raichert (Kingborough), Facilitator Gill Basnett10.30 Todd Dudley - The practice and ethics of ecological

restoration: a potential yet to be realisedVishnu Prahalad Nadia Roslan - Connecting communities to citizen

science and climate change monitoring, through ClimateWatch

10.50 Morning Tea (30 min) OUTSIDESOIL FOR THE FUTURE FOLLOW THE SPEAKER MANAGING A CHANGING LANDSCAPE CONNECTING WITH NATURE

11.20 Hannah Moloney - Land and Life in the face of climate crisis

Todd Dudley Eve Lazurus, Dr. Josie Kelman - Fire, Floods and Facilitation in the Derwent Catchment

Amanda Blakney - Bridging the gap between nature “play” & nature “connection”

11.40 Dr. Graeme Stevenson - Don’t Forget the Earthworms! Hannah Maloney Panel (40 mins) - Fire in the Tasmanian Landscape Andry Sculthorpe (TAC), Dr Jason Whitehead (Cockatoo Hills), Dr Rebecca Harris (UTAS), Prof David Bowman (UTAS), Todd Dudley (NEBN) Facilitator Theresa Chapman

Workshop (40 mins) - Andrew Doube - Facing the changing climate: a workshop to share your views and feelings12.00 Dr. Doris Blaesing - Sustainable agriculture means

looking after the 3 P's: Planet, People, ProductivityDr. Graeme Stevenson

12.20 Rachael Treasure - Regenerative agriculture - a return to farming wisdom

Dr. Doris Blaesing Dr. Jason Whitehead - Landcare, science and caring for country

Andrew Doube - Dung Beetle Kids: Students Contributing to Tasmanian Environmental Health

12.40 Lunch (60 min)

PESTS AND POISONS FOLLOW THE SPEAKER LANDCARE MATTERS SOLUTIONS FOR GROUPS13.40 Graeme Beech - Lord Howe Island Rodent

Eradication ProjectRachael Treasure Lauren Faulkner - Poppy’s Story: A wombat’s

journey to recovery from mangeWorkshop (40 mins) - Lisa Schimanski: Activate your volunteers: Volunteer succession planning, how to engage, manage and retain great members

Tino Carnivale - 24 Carrot Kids Welcome

14.00 Kaylene Allen - The cat's out of the bag! Cat management in Kingborough

Graeme Beech Rachel Brown - Every cow out of every creek in Tasmania by 2030

John Dennett (20 mins) - Some legal and structural issues for Landcare Groups: Does your Landcare Group need to adopt a legal structure?

Workshop - Shasta Henry -Identifying insects, and insects as food

14.20 Nick Mooney - Hazards for raptors in the rural landscape: A Focus on Anti-coagulant Rodenticides

Kaylene Allen Elise Jeffery & Mel Kelly - Protecting kunanyi/Mt Wellington from orange hawkweed

Graeme Stevenson - Dr Spluttergrunt and Sally the Sick Soil

14.40 Afternoon Tea (30 min)

FOLLOW THE SPEAKER SOLUTIONS FOR GROUPS GROWING THE FUTURE15.10 Andrew Nichols - Combining profitable agriculture with

successful conservation of biodiversityNick Mooney Grace Dorman - Why is social media good for

your group?Attendees can go to the BLundstone oval to watch Fonzie in action

Mel Kelly & Fonzie - Sniffer dog action on the oval

15.30 Kirsha Kaechele - 24 Carrot Gardens/Eat the Problem Andrew Nichols Inside for Kirsha’s Keynote15.50 Peter Stronach - Supporting Landcare16.10 Tino Carnivale - Closing Keynote wrap up of day16.25 Host Closing remarks - Hilary Burden16.30 Conference Close

ROD KNIGHT, LANDCARE TAS CEOTasmanians are both humble and generous in supporting Landcare in their communities. Around 5,000 people regularly work with our 20 Landcare groups. Landcare gives local people ownership of local issues, delivering strong environment and sustainability outcomes for all Tasmanians. We are excited to celebrate with you this weekend.

Premier Will HodgmanThe Tasmanian Government recognises the important work of Landcare Tasmania in protecting Tasmania’s unique natural values.To help Landcare Tasmania volunteers continue delivering these vital services, we are pleased to have doubled the annual government funding and increased funding for Natural Resource Management. I congratulate Landcare Tasmania volunteers for 25 years of valuable service to Tasmania and the hard work they do to protect our natural environments.

The Hon Guy Barnett, MP Minister for Primary Industries and WaterI am delighted to support Landcare Tasmania and recognise the achievements of its hard working volunteers over 25 years. Thank you for your commitment to improving our productive farmland, waterways and environment and for the contribution you have made to our State.

Clarence Mayor Doug ChipmanCCC has been participating in Landcare for over 30 years and provided the benchmark for establishing and supporting Tasmanian Landcare and Coastcare groups. Today Clarence has over 27 Landcare and Coastcare groups helping to protect and maintain the coastline, parks, and reserves around Clarence.

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