Nature Stewards Program

 

Become a Nature Stewards and learn about your local environment, meet like-minded people, and find ways to get outdoors and volunteer!

Nature Stewards is a 10-week program that will introduce you to your local and wider Victorian ecosystems and natural places, including:

  • Rocks and soils
  • Fungi, plants and animals
  • Climate and seasons
  • Ways to care for Country
  • Being a citizen scientist, conservation volunteer, advocate for nature, or a nature guide
  • How and where you can get outdoors and volunteer in your area

SPRING 2019 LOCATIONS

  • Melbourne
  • Melton

This program is open to anyone over the age of 18, however preference is currently given to residents of the City of  Melbourne & Melton  (Other locations in the near future, subject to funding).

20 places available, via application, for each program location.

APPLY HERE

12th – 30th August, 2019

Participant area

Orange jackets on beach: Wilsons Promontory NP Friends of the Prom volunteers, Parks Victoria

Questions about the program

Contact: naturestewards@outdoorsvictoria.org.au

PROGRAM INFO

  • 10 x Weekly classes (3 hours)
  • 4 x Field sessions  (4 hrs)
  • Certificate of completion (with at least 80% attendance)

Expectations

  • Over the age of 18
  • No-prior knowledge or training required
  • Willing to try, or continue, environmental volunteering
  • Able to take part in Saturday field trips (4 during program, 4 hours in length)

Fees

City of Melbourne Program

$350 Full Fee | $90 Concession (Health Care card holders, pensioners, full-time students)

City of Melton Program: *Melton Residents

$175 Full Fee | $45 Concession  (Health Care card holders, pensioners, full-time students)

City of Melton Program: *Non- Melton Residents

$350 Full Fee | $90 Concession  (Health Care card holders, pensioners, full-time students)

Dates & Times

City of Melbourne program

3rd October to the 7th December | Classes Thursday evenings, 6 – 9pm | Saturday field sessions

City of Melton program

5th October – 14th December |Classes on Saturday mornings, 9.30 – 12.30pm | Saturday field sessions

 

Three crouching, 1 standing: Friends of Bats and Bushcare volunteers at Yarra Bend Park, Parks Victoria

About

Program Presenters

Advisory Group

Locations

Upcoming Spring locations, within the Cities of Melbourne & Melton to be announced soon

Nature Stewards is proudly funded by the Department of Environment, Land, Water, and Planning (DELWP), together with the City of Manningham, City of Melbourne and City of Melton.

Key Supporters: Parks Victoria, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria & Victorian National Parks Association