You may have noticed that we occasionally have field trips with only a week’s notice or less, for trips that are often on weekdays. We support NRE’s Threatened Species Section with flora surveys suitable for volunteers, and sometimes it’s just the nature of the beast that the logistics and flowering times line up on very short notice.

We will be trialling a short notice field trip register for current members who have the flexibility to come on trips at short notice. These field trip notifications won’t go out to the entire mailing list. Here’s how it will work:

  1. Any current Member may sign up to our Short Notice Trip mailing list
  2. An email will go out to every Member on the short-notice list when a quick response is needed. The email will contain basic information about the trip (Trip Coordinator email, where, when, target species, and required fitness level), but not a full field trip flyer.
  3. If you can come, instead of registering on the TPT website, reply to the email and cc the trip coordinator (most likely NRE staff)
  4. You will get further information and instruction from the Trip Coordinator, for example the meeting place and if the trip is already at capacity.
  5. You get to enjoy a (somewhat spontaneous) day in the field for threatened flora!

Members: Log in and join the Short Notice Trip register here