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.

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Plenty more fish in the sea – how saltmarsh keeps our fisheries buoyant
Restoring a saltmarsh brings many benefits. Improved biodiversity and environmental values, healthier plant life, increased fish habitat and better resilience to climate change. Collectively, these benefits have a positive flow-on effect for the local community, from improving water quality to supporting local fisheries. Over the last three years, NRM South
Fire and Food: The effect of planned burning on the abundance and availability of Orange-bellied Parrot food plants at Melaleuca
Melaleuca, located in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, is the last remaining breeding site for the critically endangered Orange-bellied Parrot. Buttongrass moorlands in the Melaleuca valley are important foraging habitat for these colourful migratory parrots, whose diet includes flowers, fruit and seeds from a wide range of native sedges,
Multi-species forage crops, less may be more
When graziers are looking to transition degraded pastures to more sustainable, diverse permanent pastures, forage crops (sown in one year or over several years) can be used to decrease weed burden and prepare soils. Conventionally, simple forage crop mixes have been used in pasture renewal, however increasing attention is being
Genetics can give powerful insights on Forty-spotted Pardalote population dynamics
The Forty-spotted pardalote (Pardalotus quadragintus) is a rare Tasmanian bird that is now largely confined to Bruny Island, Maria Island and two small patches of forest on coastal mainland Tasmania. They rely on forests where their preferred food tree, white gums (Eucalyptus viminalis), are present to survive. As their former
MEDIA RELEASE: From Agreement to Action: Building Back Biodiversity

Natural Resource Management South are working to build back biodiversity at two internationally important wetlands on Tasmania’s east coast through improved monitoring and management practices, reducing threats to the wetland and restoring its natural flows. Moulting Lagoon and Apsley Marshes are Ramsar-listed wetlands that are recognized for their rich diversity

Students celebrate completion of native shellfish reefs in their backyard
For the last two weeks, students at Taroona High School have had a front row seat to the construction of a new native oyster reef in the Derwent Estuary. This week, a group of students joined representatives from Natural Resource Management South to witness the final step in the reef
Revisiting the east coast pasture trials
During an April field day at Milton on the east coast, we revisited our three pasture trials to see how different treatments and species have performed over several seasons. The original legume trial sown in 2017 looked at the performance of various clovers under dryland and drought conditions. The second
MEDIA RELEASE: Discovery of a historic pasture trial yields long-term pasture persistence data

Demonstration sites are an important tool that enables graziers to get useful local insights about the impact of different management approaches. Unfortunately, many demonstration sites are linked to short project timeframes and time-limited data. Led by NRM South, through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program, the Derwent Pasture