NRM South is one of 54 natural resource management organisations in Australia and one of three in Tasmania. Our role is to protect, sustainably manage and improve our natural resources for the shared environmental, social and economic benefit of the community.

We would like to invite all our association members and anyone with an interest in NRM in southern Tasmania to join us on 22 September at 2pm for our annual general meeting. Find out more about what we’ve been up to and help us celebrate the many successes we’ve enjoyed over this past year.

Venue and RSVP details to follow soon.

Notice is hereby given that, at the upcoming AGM, it is intended that the following motion be proposed as a special resolution: THAT the current Constitution of the Southern Regional Natural Resource Management Association (trading as NRM South) be repealed and the proposed new Constitution be adopted as the Constitution of the Association.
In summary, the Southern Regional NRM Association’s Board is proposing to amend the Constitution to contemporise the document and improve readability, better reflect current practice, clarify the role, powers, function and term of the Board and selection processes, clarify the structure, role and function of members, clarify meeting requirements (Board meetings, Special General Meetings and Annual General Meetings) and address drafting issues.

LATEST NEWS

Supporting forests on farms

Expressions of Interest are now open for our Black or Brooker’s gum Forests on Farms Program. This program is providing capacity building and on-ground works support to help production-focussed landholders improve and protect remnant stands of the critically endangered ‘Tasmanian Black Gum and Brookers Gum Forests and Woodlands’ ecological community

Mid-year update
As we reach the halfway point of 2021, it's time to take stock of what we've been up to since the beginning of the year. It has been a busy 6 months here at NRM South, with new projects, new staff and lots of progress on our established projects. It
Conservation covenants protecting key habitat for Swift Parrots
Tasmania’s parks and reserves are important for protecting and sustaining habitats and the species that rely on them. However, a protected areas model alone is not enough to sustain biodiversity across our landscapes. Integrating protected areas into private land is increasingly recognised as important for broader conservation goals. As part
Protecting Bruny Island’s quolls through cat control
Feral cats have contributed to the extinction of at least 22 Australian mammal species since colonisation and are continuing to drive biodiversity declines across Australia. Removing cats on a landscape scale remains an ongoing challenge in Australian conservation. As a result, islands, particularly those with threatened species such as Bruny
Community efforts to revive an endangered gum
Tasmania is home to 30 species of eucalypt, 16 of which are found no-where else on Earth. One of these Tasmanian endemic species is Morrisby’s gum (Eucalyptus morrisbyi), an endangered tree and amongst the 30 priority plant species listed in Australia’s Threatened Species Strategy. Work on this rare gum, undertaken
MEDIA RELEASE: A strategy for the south

NRM South has been working together with Tasmania’s two other regional NRM bodies (NRM North and Cradle Coast Authority) to review and develop our new NRM Strategies. For the first time, our strategies are being created though a collaborative state-wide process. The strategies will outline the priorities for all three

MEDIA RELEASE: Super-kelp to the rescue

Immense forests of giant kelp once formed dense floating canopies around Tasmania’s coastline. Historically it was so abundant that it was marked on maritime charts as a shipping hazard, but today around 95% of this community has vanished from the seas around Tasmania. Its decline is linked to climate change

Supporting saltmarsh recovery on Tasmania’s east coast
At Apsley Marshes/Moulting Lagoon, an iconic wetland complex on Tasmania’s east coast, NRM South is supporting research into how saltmarshes that have become degraded after decades of grazing can recover. Moulting Lagoon and Apsley Marshes are internationally significant Ramsar wetlands. They provide critical habitat for migratory birds, support a local