Saltmarsh monitoring
In 2013, coastal saltmarsh was recognised as a nationally threatened vegetation community. Northern Tasmania hosts significant areas of coastal saltmarsh, including along the banks of the kanamaluka / Tamar estuary which provide important benefits to plants, animals, and human communities.
Over half of the Tasmanian saltmarshes are estimated to have been lost or impacted, with limited understanding and appreciation of saltmarsh ecosystems in the past contributing to their degradation. A major threat to saltmarshes has, and continues to be, access by livestock and off-road vehicles.
You can conduct monitoring and contribute valuable information on the status of local saltmarshes by using the checklists and user guides below. These have been developed in collaboration with the University of Tasmania, to enable citizen scientists within our community to take part in the conservation of saltmarshes.
We encourage monitoring in October and April, with data being uploaded via the Saltmarsh Matters App developed by NRM South with support from NRM North, UTAS and BirdLife Tasmania. You can also use the Fluker Posts installed along the kanamaluka / Tamar estuary year-round to quickly and easily contribute visual data.
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