SSR Update: Making a Home for Science Saving Rainforests

Earlier this year, we took possession of 38-acres in McLeans Ridges which will become the home of Science Saving Rainforests and the Conservancy. Since then we’ve launched into action, starting to prepare the site for the plantation of genetically-diverse rainforest trees and working on a master plan for the landscaping and educational facilities that will […]

Ecologists of the Big Scrub: David Milledge

As a schoolboy in Tasmania, David had an early introduction to Australian rainforests and its wildlife with Tasmanian Field Naturalist Club trips to the foothills of Mt Wellington behind Hobart and occasional excursions to Mt Field National Park in the Derwent Valley. But these were cool temperate rainforests and although visually stunning – with cathedral-like […]