Southland Tramping and Outdoor Recreation Club Inc.
Federated Farmers Building, 70 Forth Street at 7.30 pm
Entrance up driveway - plenty of parking
Next Meeting - Wednesday 8th July 2026
(second Wednesday of the Month)
Leanne Miller
National Biodiversity Monitoring – What We Do in Southland
Leanne Miller from DOC’s National Monitoring Operations team will share what DOC does to monitor biodiversity across Aotearoa, including here in Southland.
I’ll give an overview of our team and how we’re the on-the-ground crew delivering a range of national projects. This includes projects like Tier 1/LUCAS monitoring, tracking tunnels, and some of the local work we’re involved in, such as mōhua monitoring.
It’ll be a bit of a behind-the-scenes look at what field monitoring actually involves, why it matters, and how the information we collect helps support conservation. I’ll also share a few photos from the field along the way.
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New FMC Cards will be available at the meeting
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Annual Photo Competition
Please select your best photos for the categories below and forward to annemcdermott@xtra.co.nz. I will need which category you wish to enter your photo and a caption about what/where it is - two photos in any one categories - taken in previous year and in NZ.
closing date 20 July
There are seven categories you can enter:
- Above Bushline with human element
- Above Bushline without human element
- Below Bushline with human element
- Below Bushline without human element
- Historic
- Native Flora, Fauna & Fungi
- Long Exposure
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Tramping, Biking, Kayaking, Social Outings
Conservation Projects, Assisting with Planting Projects
Assisting with Trapping Projects
Track Maintenance
Volunteer Marshalls for Events
Courses - Navigation - First Aid - River Crossing
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HELP !!
can you lead a trip or an activity?
have an idea of something exciting you would like to try?
or a place you would like to go !
Contact Club Captain - Alice 021 124 6380