Protecting our natural resources

Collaborative action for healthy landscapes and seascapes, protected natural values, and sustainable livelihoods and lifestyles.

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We work to keep the natural and productive landscapes of south-eastern Tasmania healthy over the long term. We play a key role in building partnerships, securing and directing investment, connecting knowledge and expertise to action and increasing the capacity of others to engage in NRM activities.

Tasmania’s southern region covers 2.5 million hectares of land and is bounded by the Southern Ocean. It is recognised globally for its healthy, intact and diverse natural landscapes and productive land and seascapes. Our region’s wealth of natural resources underpins southern Tasmania’s identity as well as its economic, social, and environmental wellbeing.

Latest News & Updates

  • 1 May, 2024 1 Min Read

    Managing a northern migration: How Felixer traps on north Bruny Island can help control feral cat movement from the island’s south.

    MEDIA RELEASE Following years of targeted control of feral and stray cats on north Bruny Island, it is estimated that…
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  • 14 March, 2024 2 Min Read

    Tasmanian Greens confirm commitment to NRM funding

    MEDIA RELEASE Tasmania’s three natural resource management organisations have welcomed a commitment by the Tasmanian Greens to increase core services…
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  • 13 March, 2024 2 Min Read

    Increased support for Tasmania’s NRMs forms part of funding commitment

    MEDIA RELEASE Tasmania’s three natural resource management organisations have welcomed this week’s commitment by Tasmanian Labor to increase core services…
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Upcoming Events

tUESDAY 7 may

Farming Forecaster (Northern Tas.)

These events are designed to introduce Farming Forecaster, what the tool is telling us about the next few months and how you can use the tool for decision-making. There are two sessions available on 7 May.

RSVP (9am Winnaleah)> RSVP (3pm Lulworth)>

thursday 9 may

Farming Forecaster & Feed Budgeting (Midlands)

Join NRM South to learn more about how Farming Forecaster and strategic grazing can assist you in managing through autumn and winter, including understanding the supplementary requirements for stock

RSVP >

friday 10 may

Farming Forecaster & Feed Budgeting (Central Highlands)

Join NRM South to learn more about how Farming Forecaster and strategic grazing can assist you in managing through autumn and winter, including understanding the supplementary requirements for stock

RSVP >

saturday 11 may

Swift Parrot Awareness Day

Landcare Tasmania are holding a Swift Parrot Awareness Day at Charlotte Cove Scout House to raise awareness in the Huon and Channel area of the critically endangered Swift Parrot, its biology, threats, preferred nesting and foraging habitat, the pros and cons of putting up nestboxes, how to log data on sightings, how to collect and propagate seeds of blue and black gums.

This workshop is part of Landcare Tasmania’s Landscape Restoration and Community Outreach programs and is funded by NRM South.

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Featured Projects

  • Feral cat in cage trap

    Cat Management Actions for Eastern Quoll on Bruny Island

    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. Islands such as Bruny Island can be valuable safe havens for biodiversity. Island-based cat management programs that work towards eradication can have lasting positive outcomes for wildlife in these landscapes.

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  • Farming Forecaster Tasmania – Supporting Farmers for Drought Resilience

    The increasing occurrence of drought in parts of Tasmanian including the midlands, Derwent catchment and Tasmania’s east coast has significantly reduced seasonal ground cover. Without adaptive measures, these declines will lead to increased soil erosion and soil carbon loss, and a decline in viability of dryland grazing systems. This project aims to help address some of these issues by supporting farmers with more responsive planning tools to improve dryland pasture management decision-making.

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  • Blue Carbon

    The Blue Carbon Ecosystem Restoration project will assist in understanding the diverse benefits of restoring a large area of stranded temperate saltmarsh community, including what happens to adjacent areas of habitat such as seagrass, or surrounding land-based vegetation and ecological communities.

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