In a real-life learning opportunity with environmental benefits, TasTAFE conservation and land management students have rehabilitated bushfire-damaged habitat adjacent to their Clarence Campus.
Today, I was pleased to join TasTAFE CEO Stephen Conway, staff and students to celebrate the rehabilitation of Flagstaff Gully Creek with a tree planting ceremony for National Tree Day.
The area around the creek provides habitat for the endangered Eastern Barred Bandicoot, as well as numerous other insects, mammals and birds, but was severely damaged by bushfire in 2006.
Since then, TasTAFE students led by teacher Glynn Howells have been working to rehabilitate Flagstaff Gully Creek.
This work has given students the opportunity to apply their learning to a practical project.
National Tree Day officially takes place this Sunday, with Schools Tree Day tomorrow, so TasTAFE's Clarence Campus will be among the first to celebrate the event this year.
Coordinated by Planet Ark, National Tree Day encourages all Australians to improve the environment in which we live by planting and caring for native trees and shrubs.
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