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Issue No 10 June 2001 developed by the Board of Management (BOM), to provide WILDCARE Wild & members with information regarding this issue and to ensure Open Space 2001 consistency •A scale or range of rewards could be instituted, with lesser rewards Outcomes being available and these could include WILDCARE merchandise. Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre • Recognition of WILDCARE Saturday 24th March 2001 members to be worthwhile. • WILDCARE members to be able to access a greater number of A series of discussion groups were •Acknowledgments (letter) from discounts from retailers, formed using the open space manager/supervisor/program leader wholesalers, or manufacturers etc., techniques, to assist in setting the to volunteers thanking volunteers for example; Cradle Mountain direction and priorities for for their participation at events. Enterprise (Visitor) Centre, WILDCARE for the next 12 months. Members were asked to write down topics for discussion and place them on the wall. These topics were discussed in small groups. At the end of the day they voted for the ones they thought were most important, by placing sticky dots on them. The more sticky dots the higher the priority = the greater the weighting (Wgt). Discussion Topics & WILDTIMES Outcomes Jo Field‚ Adopt-a-Track Facilitator “Strutting her stuff” at the Wild & Open Space Communication with 2001 Cradle Mtn. membership Raising Profile Outdoor wear/equipment shops, Wgt: 9 Wtg: 8 footwear manufacturers. To be • Call outs to members are to be date •Acknowledge current successes. negotiated by the BOM. specific and early enough to give •Divorce WILDCARE from the volunteers at least 6 to 8 weeks Road Kill Reduction “Greenie” image. notice, when possible. Wtg: 7 •Volunteers to be provided with • Member groups have get together appropriate name badges, to be • WILDCARE members to prepare with the possibility of Rangers worn when working. a submission for WILDCARE and/or staff attending from other funding to purchase a bulk supply • Make more use of existing Incorporated Divisions — namely either the of super-sonic vehicle mounted opportunities, for example; take Nature Conservation or Cultural animal scaring whistles for a out an ad in the Tasmanian daily Heritage Branches (NCB, CHB). limited (initial) distribution. papers on World Environment Day. • Ensure that systems are in place to provide feedback to volunteers, •Provide WILDCARE information from the manager/supervisor/ in all huts and other appropriate IN THIS ISSUE places in National Parks and on WILDCARE program leader, regarding the various events or working bees that other reserved lands. • WILDCARE AGM they attend, either by direct mail or • Adopt-a-Track through an update in Additional Rewards for WILDTIMES. WILDCARE members • WILDCARE at •Participants of existing programs, Wtg: 7 Agfest who have undertaken specific • WILDCARE members to receive Newsletter of Section,Community Partnership Management and Resource Division,Conservation DPIWE GPO Box 44A Hobart 7001 03 6223 8308 E-mail:Ph 03 6233 2185 Fax [email protected] • Island Views training, want to be kept informed rewards for effort/volunteering, for of program results and example; a free Annual Parks Pass • WILDCARE at proposed/future events/work. for the 4th and subsequent year of Botanical Gardens • CARes groups and volunteers membership, combined with a National Congress from other activities/events/work record of regular activity, or; for 2001 are to provide more information “x” number of hours of regarding the programs articles for contribution. A policy and • Minke whale rescue WILDTIMES. associated guidelines need to be 2 • BOM to form a sub-committee to progress these matters further. •Train volunteers as marketers and utilise their contacts. Improving links between WILDCARE and nature conservation projects Wtg: 3 • Need to improve/appropriately resource the administration of the volunteer program(s) supporting the nature conservation projects and Left to right at rear: Marylin Spinks, Ann Stocks and Lexie Paul, left to right at front: Jim Spinks and Lyle Robock. A group in discussion at the Wild & Open Space Cradle Mtn. programs, by; – ensuring all call-ups are properly Distribution to Councils, trucking feeding close to roadways). managed, with acknowledgment companies, hire car firms was seen as a priority, along with information Developing Partnerships with that explains their use and benefits, businesses and encourage them to purchase Wtg: 4 their own supplies for the future. • Board of Management (BOM) to • WILDCARE members to prepare develop guidelines for “suitable” an article for the WILDTIMES sponsorship. highlighting actions to assist in • BOM to identify specific potential minimising road kills and sponsors and what WILDCARE has encourage direct action by members to offer. and Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS), Nature Conservation • Identify “partnerships” and Branch (NCB) and Cultural relationship development. Heritage Branch (CHB) to remove •Investigate ways of acknowledging road kills to prevent secondary kills. small donations from individuals • WILDCARE members to seek and local government (particularly information regarding the project based). desirability/effectiveness of roadside •Develop a WILDCARE prospectus. de-vegetation as an aid to reduce • Pursue tax deductibility for road kills (to discourage them from donations. Lyle Rubock ‘fencing’ at the WILDCARE Wild & Open Spaces of expressions of interest and WILDCARE appropriate exchange of information, Board of Management Membership – appropriate training for Chairperson Andrew Smith volunteers, Vice Chairperson Richard Hammond –regular provision of information to volunteers, eg. Trained whale Treasurer Graham Ristow rescuers, Secretary Kathryn Gatenby –regular maintenance and Nature Conservation Branch Alistair Scott upgrading of volunteer database. Cultural Heritage Branch Angela McGowen CARes President Richard Porch (Mt Direction Semaphore Hut Wardens Program, Station Historic Site) Waterfall Valley CARes President Jim Spinks (Cradle Valley) Wtg: 1 CARes President Peter Franklin (Mt Field) •A briefing/workshop to be held at Cradle at the start of each new CARes President David Reynolds (Maria Island) season (November), to draw up the CARes President Susie Donkers (Narawntapu) roster and pass on any other relevant CARes President Rodney Milner (Kate Reed Reserve) information. CARes President Rosemary Verbeeten (Little Swan Point •A program coordinator (Cradle staff Reserve) member) should be appointed to CARes President Peter Sieman (Cheltenam Green) liaise with the volunteers on the roster to ensure that the program CARes President David Wools-Cobb (Karst National Park) runs smoothly, instead of the CARes President Susan Henry (Tasmanian Trail Assn) volunteers having to ring the office to check. WILDTIMES June 2001 WILDTIMES 3 June 2001 WILDCARE Annual General Meeting Results of election Vice Chairperson: Richard Hammond Treasurer:Graham Ristow Congratulations to Richard and Graham and thankyou for your continuing commitment. Last AGM minutes presented Accounts presented. Note:The WILDCARE account is in fact far healthier than the records show. Since auditing we have received membership payments from the Department for this financial year. The bank balance now stands at around $40000. Transfer of membership fees is now being made monthly by DPIWE. DPIWE Secretary opens business, and acknowledged WILDCARE as an ideal example of WILDCARE Conference 2001 partnership. “WILDCARE,” he said, “is a primary The following is an extract from an wife and family enjoyed their time partner in natural heritage article run in the DPIWE news at Cradle Valley. conservation, cultural heritage reporting on the opening of the Kim Evans opened the annual conservation and reserve WILDCARE Annual Conference by WILDCARE Conference held at management.” The Secretary of DPIWE Kim Cradle Mountain on Saturday, 23 “WILDCARE objectives and actions Evans. The Board of Management March. In his opening address, he are tied to those of DPIWE. It is also thanks Kim for his attendance and highlighted the need for the specifically identified in the targets set contribution to the WILDCARE Department to work with the out in the DPIWE Corporate Plan, and Conference. We hope that Kim, his community as a way of doing is therefore an important and 4 productive contributor to our Wineglass Bay and Cooks Beach for weeks and remove 20,000 gorse objectives,” said Kim. 10 days at a time and were involved bushes each year. “In this the International year of the in walker education and assistance, • Lyell Highway Fauna survey. Volunteer it is important to highlight, shorebird monitoring, marine debris • Seed propagation for Bruny recognise and support the type of monitoring and clean-up, campsite Island — including a training effective partnership and volunteer management and toilet course in seed collection support that WILDCARE provides. In maintenance. propagation and pricking out the longer term, WILDCARE • Hut Wardens Cradle Mt (3rd (provided by RTBG). provides both the Department and the year) — volunteers lived at • Babysitting Deal and Maatsuyker community with the opportunity and Waterfall Valley Hut and provided Islands (volunteers staff the islands the means to make a difference in how walker education and assistance and and carry out basic management for the environment is managed and cared maintained the hut and nearby a number of months each time, for.” campsites and toilets. providing a year-round presence
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