International Student Volunteers help at TLC reserves
Over the month of June we had the privilege of hosting two teams of International Students Volunteers for a week from USA and Canada to work on our Flat Rock and Long Point properties. The students volunteered time from their summer break to work in Tasmania on different conservation projects and then go on an adventure tour on the mainland.
The teams followed up on approximately 25 ha of gorse and removed 800 tree guards from Long Point. At Flat Rock they tackled broom, removed approximate 150 tree guards and made barriers on disturbed sites to encourage sediment collection and natural re-vegetation.
One of the students, Joseph Giglio from New Orleans, Louisiana said:
“This experience was extremely gratifying. We often learn about land conservation in school, however, we rarely, if ever, have the opportunity to get hands-on with helping the environment.”
The group not only helped us out, but also worked with some of our community partners: planting trees in Swansea and Stony Rise. Getting personal with native animals while raking the grass at Bonarong Wildlife Park and removing pine trees with the NEBEN skyline conservation project at Scamander.
A big thank you to the international students for all the fun and hard work they have given to the TLC.
To find out more about our volunteering programs and how you can be involved please contact us on (03) 6225 1399, email [email protected] and visit our website for information about our work or for making a donation. TLC website or donate
[Caption:"ISV team2 June 2011 at Long Point"]
[Caption:"ISV gorse-busters at Long Point June 2011"]