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The Running Postman

The Running Postman

The Running Postman was launched in February 2008. The newsletter is published three times per year and circulated to participants in the various Private Land Conservation Program initiatives, including the Protected Areas on Private Land program and the Land for Wildlife scheme.

Our newsletter is named after a small twining plant that is widespread in Tasmanian dry forests. This plant symbolises the tenacity of nature. It readily reinvades areas damaged by fire, helping to cover bare ground and paving the way for establishment of other plants. Running postman is an important food source for native insects, including many butterflies. Aborigines used the plant for twine and also sucked the nectar from the flowers.

It is a plant that is now widely used in horticulture, and one that often provides a bright dash of spring and summer colour in native gardens or in the bush. It rarely grows much taller than 1 metre high and being a member of the pea family it has wavy trifoliate (three pronged) leaves. The flowers are brilliant red – the colour of an old postie’s uniform - with a greenish yellow throat.

We hope you enjoy reading the newsletter and we welcome any feedback you might have.

The Running Postman:

The Running Postman - August 2009

The Running Postman - April 2009

The Running Postman - December 2008

The Running Postman - July 2008

The Running Postman - February 2008

The Running Postman (Kennedia prostrata)

The Land for Wildlife newsletter

The LFW newsletter was launched in 1999. The newsletter published 15 issues and was circulated to participants of the Land for Wildlife scheme. The newsletter contained articles on various themes such as wildlife species, plants, habitat, landowner profiles, weeds, management advice, funding sources and other relevant topics of interest to landowners.

The Land for Wildlife newsletter has now been incorporated in to The Running Postman.

Previous Land for Wildlife newsletters:

LFW Issue 15 August 2007

LFW Issue 14 March 2007

LFW Issue 13 December 2006

LFW Issue 12 August 2006

LFW Issue 11 March 2006

LFW Issue 10 November 2005

LFW Issue 9 August 2005

LFW Issue 8 March 2005

LFW Issue 7 April 2004

LFW Issue 6 August 2003

LFW Issue 5 April 2003

LFW Issue 4 December 2002

LFW Issue 3 September 2002

LFW Issue 2 September 2000

LFW Issue 1 September 1999

For further information

Contact: Private Land Conservation Enquiries

Private Land Conservation Program
Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
GPO Box 44
Hobart TAS 7001
Phone: 03 6233 3654
Fax: 03 6223 8603
Email: PrivateLandConservationEnquiries@dpipwe.tas.gov.au

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