TLC’s Jane Hutchinson shortlisted for the Tasmanian Australian of the Year

“I am honoured and delighted to be shortlisted for this award,” Ms Hutchinson said. “It is a great endorsement of private land conservation and the work of the Tasmanian Land Conservancy in protecting nature in Tasmania.” Tasmanian-born Hutchinson trained as a lawyer in Hobart and is an avid hiker, kayaker and mountain biker. Since 2011 […]

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Keeping Special Places Special

The Protected Area Learning and Research Collaboration (PALRC) is again offering this opportunity to conservation practitioners to learn and finesse their skills in the leading global management planning process: Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation. ‘Keeping Special Places Special’ is a five-day intensive, residential course that equips practitioners with the best skills in developing […]

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Finding the way at Recherche Bay

At the Tasmanian Land Conservancy’s Recherche Bay Reserve last week, Matt Taylor and volunteer Yoav Bar-Ness debated the accuracy of satellite tracking using an iPhone vs android. Who would have thought that in the landscape which surely saw a similar debate within the crew of the famed Bruni d’Entrecasteaux expedition all those years ago, that […]

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