Latest News & Updates

  • 28 November, 2025 1 min Read

    Angler awareness gets a ‘reel’ boost

    –MEDIA RELEASE– NRM South, in partnership with Tasmania’s Inland Fisheries Service (IFS), is releasing a new series of social media…

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  • Credit: John Harrison

    26 June, 2025 3 min Read

    Swift Parrot nest boxes – not a one size fits all solution

    Nest boxes can be a useful tool in threatened bird conservation. By providing additional roosting and breeding sites, nest boxes…

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  • Burgundy Snail – Bruno Bell (iNaturalist CC BY-NC)

    23 April, 2025 2 min Read

    Welcome support for our endemic species – new partnership project announced

    NRM South was recently awarded funding for two conservation projects targeting two endemic and endangered Tasmanian species – the Burgundy…

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  • 12 December, 2024 1 min Read

    Treetop explorations at Murrayfield

    In early December, our Biodiversity Program team joined the South East Tasmanian Aboriginal Corporation (SETAC) and Dejan Stojanovich from The…

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  • 11 September, 2024 1 min Read

    Critical funding to protect Tasmania’s important wildlife and landscapes

    Today, the Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for the Environment and Water, announced an important funding boost for environmental projects…

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  • 11 July, 2024 2 min Read

    Walking on Country at Windsong

    In late June, Senior Project Officers Dr Adam Cisterne and Paige Green joined the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre for a site…

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  • 22 May, 2024 1 min Read

    Funding boost for native species

    NRM South has received funding totalling $765k for two projects as part of $24 million funding boost for threatened species…

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  • 9 May, 2024 1 min Read

    Extending efforts to protect Swan galaxias – new project announced

    NRM South is pleased to announce that a new Swan galaxias project has been approved, funded through an Australian Government…

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  • 5 December, 2023 1 min Read

    New Swan Galaxias Settle Into New Habitat, Signalling Promising Population Growth

    Six months ago, through a project to help boost the survival of endangered Swan galaxias in Tasmania, NRM South worked…

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  • Image credit: Dr Catherine Young

    14 June, 2023 2 min Read

    Wilderness Grand Designs Helping A Rare Parrot

    MEDIA RELEASE Wilderness Grand Designs – new infrastructure aids recovery efforts for Orange-bellied Parrots Every spring, a small troupe of…

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  • Image credit: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen

    7 June, 2023 3 min Read

    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…

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  • 31 May, 2023 3 min Read

    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…

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  • 18 April, 2023 2 min Read

    Feathering the Nest – Build Your Own Feather Dispenser And Help An Endangered Bird Thrive

    MEDIA RELEASE Tasmania’s tiny Forty-spotted Pardalote is a bird species that faces significant challenges – but recent research has shown…

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