Land Management Projects

 

Pasture Information Network Project

  • Client: The Derwent Catchment Project (RLP NRM South)

  • Enviro-dynamics’ role: To develop and deliver an extension program for dryland grazing including demonstration sites, cost benefit case studies, dryland pasture course and supporting peer-to-peer learning.

  • Challenges: Large scale of demonstration sites and the challenges of working with north-facing slopes. Extension in the time of COVID-19 and how to make a meaningful online resource for farmers.

  • Solutions: Work in close partnership with farmers to build a community of practice to share ideas and solve problems together.

 

 

Lachlan River Project

  • Client: The Derwent Catchment Project (Australian Government & Derwent Valley Council)

  • Enviro-dynamics’ role: planning, coordination and implementation of a larger-scale restoration project.

  • Challenges: Large amounts of flood debris, risk associated with soil disturbance on a dynamic system and the scale of works.

  • Solutions: Working in partnership with local land holders and community to remove willows and revegetate with native plants.

 

 

Glamorgan-Spring Bay NRM & Climate Resilience Strategy

  • Client: The Landscape Recovery Foundation

  • Enviro-dynamics’ role: Develop a strategy that identifies natural and agricultural assets, threats to assets and community priori.

  • Challenges: Limited budget and out-of-date data.

  • Solutions: strong focus on local knowledge and community engagement.

 

 

Single Hill Reserve Activity Plan

  • Client: Clarence City Council

  • Enviro-dynamics’ role: Undertake natural values assessment & community consultation and develop a plan with prioritised actions to manage the recreational and natural values of the new public reserve.

  • Challenges: Vegetation condition, erosion, weeds, wildlife impacts and trail development.

  • Solutions: Rehabilitating degraded bushland, plantings, weed control, trail network planning.

 

 

Biodiversity & Natural Capital

 
 
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Miena Cider Gum Conservation Project

  • Client: The Derwent Catchment Project

  • Enviro-dynamics’ role: Develop conservation action plan, population monitoring and browsing protection program.

  • Challenges: Lack of coordinated conservation efforts, harsh and rocky landscape for implementing browsing protection.

  • Solutions: Trialing floppy top fences and cages and polycarbonate tree bands, fire management plans for key landholders, ensure genetically diverse seed collection is stored with the Tasmanian Seed Conservation Centre.

 
 
 
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Morrisby’s Gum Recovery Project 

  • Client: NRM South and the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program

  • Enviro-dynamics’ role: Co-ordinating an integrated recovery program involving protection of remnant stands, planting in the known range to improve connectivity between remnants, conservation plantings in the future climate range and seed conservation.

  • Challenges: A dramatic decline in numbers of adult plants from wildlife browsing and drought.

  • Solutions: Coordinating a working group of key stakeholders to raise funding to ensure long-term effort is coordinated and knowledge is shared.

  • For more information about this project click here

 

 
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Eucalyptus rubida Project

  • Client: Kingborough Council

  • Enviro-dynamics’ role: Determine the distribution and conservation status of the E. rubida across Kingborough. Collect material for a broader phylogenetic study by UTAS and seed collected for seed banking at the Tasmanian Seed Conservation Centre.

  • Challenges: Limited record on species within municipality, large areas of potential habitat.

  • Solutions: Consultations with broad range of naturalists, on-ground survey effort.

 
 

 
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Camden Dam Offset Project

  • Client: SFM

  • Enviro-dynamics’ role: Assess opportunities on Tas Irrigation land for offsets and model opportunities for neighbouring land opportunities.

  • Challenges: Many small areas of vegetation communities impacted and offset limited opportunities as a consequence.

  • Solutions: Exploring options for financial offsets and exploring a range of scenarios for conservation benefit.

 
 

 
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Vegetation Condition Assessments

  • Client: Hobart City Council

  • Enviro-dynamics’ role: Undertake VCAs in various reserves around Hobart prior to fuel reduction burns.

  • Challenges: Map and characterise vegetation condition to determine numbers of VCA assessments.

 

 

Environmental Assessments

 
 
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North West Bay River Trail Feasibility Plan

  • Client: Kingborough Council

  • Enviro-dynamics’ role: In conjunction with renown trail builders Mtn Trails, Enviro-dynamics undertook natural values surveys and community consultation to develop a feasibility plan for a multi-user trail.

  • Challenges: Difficult terrain, river crossings, landowner concerns.

  • Solutions: Avoid steep areas, minimise river crossing, redirect route away from dwellings, consultation with concerned landowners.

 
 
 
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Cattle Hill Wind Farm, Waddamana

  • Client: Hazell Bros. Pty Ltd

  • Enviro-dynamics’ role: Threatened flora surveys for road widening activities, blasting impacts assessment on wombat burrows, weed control and re-vegetation along road corridors.

  • Challenges: Assessing blast impacts on burrows.

  • Solutions: Using drain camera to record condition of burrow before, during and after test blasting.

 

 
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Tasman Weed Management Plan

  • Client: Tasman Council

  • Enviro-dynamics’ role: Develop a weed management plan for the municipality including mapping, priority setting, control measures and scheduling.

  • Challenges: Extensive area to be mapped.

  • Solutions: Roadside mapping, prioritising control actions and location to protect high conservation values.

 

 
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Statewide Eagle Strike Risk Model

  • Client: TasNetworks

  • Enviro-dynamics’ role: To develop an eagle strike risk model based on expert opinion that identified high risk locations.

  • Challenges: Size of data set, incomplete dataset.

  • Solutions: Prioritisation of mitigation strategies across network to reduce eagle deaths associated with power line collisions.

 
 

 

Bushfire Risk Management

 

 
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Whitestone Point Subdivision, Austins Ferry

  • Client: Austins Ferry Pty Ltd

  • Enviro-dynamics’ role: Undertake bushfire risk assessment to proposed subdivision and develop bushfire hazard management plan for site.

  • Challenges: Protection of adjacent high value remnant vegetation.

 
 

 
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Poatina Bushfire Recovery

  • Client: The Derwent Catchment Project

  • Enviro-dynamics’ role: To coordinate investment from Hydro Tasmania, Parks and Wildlife Service, TasNetworks and DSG to implement coordinated weed control action.

  • Challenges: Large population of ragwort, remote, rocky terrain.

  • Solutions: Mapped infestations using helicopter. Prioritising on-ground control to protect high-value assets.

 

 Recent Major Projects

NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

CONSERVATION AND THREATENED SPECIES

NATURAL VALUES ASSESSMENTS

BUSHFIRE RISK MANAGEMENT