Forest Botany Course - North-West

FOREST BOTANY COURSE - North-West

Discover the rich biodiversity of Tasmania's vegetation at our Forest Botany and Threatened Native Vegetation Communities course. This hands-on course will equip you with essential skills to identify, assess and manage key vegetation communities across the state.

Course Highlights

· Learn to use Forest Botany Manuals and flora ID keys in the field

· Explore the relationships between various vegetation classification systems

· Gain insights into managing priority communities and threatened native vegetation communities

· Discover valuable botanical and vegetation resources for natural resource management

Course Details

This course focuses on the Forest Botany Manual and Threatened Native Vegetation Communities (TNVCs) in Tasmania, with an emphasis on key communities in different regions of the state. Participants will learn to identify and assess these communities in the field using Forest Botany Manuals, flora ID keys and other supporting resources.

The aim of this course is to enhance participants' skills in using the Forest Botany Manual and by extension the identification and management of Tasmanian Threatened Native Vegetation Communities (TNVCs) and recently listed Commonwealth Threatened Ecological Communities (TECs).

Course prerequisites

Participants are expected to have a foundational understanding of Tasmanian eucalypt identification and the ability to identify common trees and shrubs.

Timing and Schedule

Date: 14 May 2025

Time: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Location: Three or so field sites visited per course with exact course locations and meeting points provided to participants closer to the course.

What You'll Receive

· Region-specific Forest Botany Manual

· Tasmanian Eucalyptus key

· EucaFlip, TreeFlip, and FernFlip resources

· Information on threatened native vegetation communities

· Additional useful documents on plant families and characteristics

Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be provided.

Transportation and Site Access

Participants will need to have access to a vehicle for the course as we aim to visit multiple field sites each day covering a range of vegetation communities and species. Car-pooling is highly encouraged due to limited parking at field sites. Car-pooling can also be arranged at the starting point of the day as this site has been selected due to available parking. There will also be a few places available in FPA vehicles.

What to Bring

· Sturdy walking footwear

· Wet weather clothing

· Sunscreen

· Helmet 

· Drink bottle (and a thermos for hot tea/coffee because the weather will be starting to get cool!)

FPA will have limited spare equipment available

Course fee (inc. GST)

Forest practices system workers $399

Non-forest practices system workers $519

This fee will cover the course materials, delivery by FPA staff and consultant specialists and catering.

Cancellation Policy

By registering, you are committed to this course. The FPA understands that extenuating circumstances arise and, in this event, may issue a full refund up to 1 week prior to the course start date. If you should become unwell or unable to attend the course, please contact Laurel.Trebilco@fpa.tas.gov.au  as soon as possible. The FPA will not condone course attendance when unwell. Partial refunds may be available on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of FPA staff.

If you have any questions about the course or arrangements, please contact the FPA at Angela.Gardner@fpa.tas.gov.au or info@fpa.tas.gov.au