New Committee and AGM report
2 May 15
The FTCA has a new President and Committe following the AGM held on Wednesday 29th April 2015. Our thanks go to Una Harbinson who has been President for the past two years and other committee members. We welcome two new members. The new Committee is as follows:
President: Eric Cave
Vice Presidents: Una Harbinson and Ray Murphy
Secretary: Toby Rowallan
Treasurer: Dave Roberts
Committee:
Rebecca Johnson
Michael Sumner
Rob Beedham
Catherine Franks
Clive Calver
Karen Dedenczuk
Laurel Trebilco
Bruce Dudman
and a playgroup representative
After the AGM Dr Lisa Cawthen gave a fascinating talk about the bats of Fern Tree. A few years ago some residents will remember "Batwoman" setting up traps and other recording devices on the Pipeline Track and other locations as part of her doctoral research into bats. Fern Tree, it appears, is home to all six species of Tasmanian bat, including the rare Tasmanian Long Eared Bat. The message is, don't cut down old trees with hollows as they are all habitat for bats, sometimes as many as two hundred bats in a single roost. And as bats are insectivorous they are an important controlling factor in keeping mosquitoes and other insects at bearable levels. So you might not see bats very often, but they are certainly there!
For more information about bats go to: www.ausbats.org.au
Tasmanian Long Eared Bat