An inspiring welcome given by Melissa Carter.
Ted Lefroy, University of Tasmania, explains global trends in environmental management, including how management ideas have changed and been influenced by communities.
Geoff McLean is a Tasmanian Aboriginal Historian and a former lecturer in Aboriginal histories and cultures at the University of Tasmania. Geoff runs a small business, Wallaby Walkabout Tours, conducting Tasmanian Aboriginal cultural and histories experiences in the Cataract Gorge for individuals, groups, and in particular, schools.
In her 10th year as President of the Launceston Historical Society, Marion has a Bachelor of Arts majoring in History and Geography from TSIT, and a Graduate Diploma in Librarianship from the University of Tasmania.
David Maynard is Senior Curator Natural Sciences at Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery. He spent over a decade diving and photographing the subtidal habitats and inhabitants of the lower kanamaluka / Tamar estuary and participating in a variety of research projects that have helped to understand the biotic and abiotic conditions in the estuary. David was the lead curator of the exhibition Beneath the Tamar: More Than Silt (and the accompanying book), and more recently Estuary: Below the Surface.
Hear him discuss estuarine ecology in the kanamaluka / Tamar.
Dr. Jo Fearman, Operations Manager at NRM North, leads and manages operations in the water space, supporting the Tamar Estuary and Esk Rivers (TEER) and River Health Action Plan programs. She explains the role of the TEER program, and value of the partnership in working towards healthy waterways.
Susan is an environmental scientist with 25 years’ experience and has been working at TasPorts for 4 years. Her role at TasPorts covers all technical environmental topics including air quality, noise, marine pollution, runoff controls, contaminated soils, and biosecurity. Susan's role is to develop and improve TasPorts knowledge, understanding and systems to manage environmental aspects of TasPorts operations. She is passionate about doing more with less and treating the environment and community with respect, including making the time and effort to get to know it.
Rene is an experienced Aquaculture Technician with more than 20 years of experience in Atlantic Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Pacific Salmon and King Salmon farming in recirculation and flow through systems. In this presentation he gives insight into Petuna Aquaculture's latest science and technology innovations.
Andrew is an Environmental Engineer with over 20 years’ experience. His current role within TasWater is in the Capital Delivery Office where he leads the Planning and Investigation team who undertake strategic project planning activities such as concept engineering, optioneering and business case development.
Andrew discusses infrastructure projects planned as part of the Tamar Estuary River Health Action Plan.
Jesse works with stakeholders in Tasmania’s northern NRM region to help reduce threats to water quality and ecological health that are linked to the Tamar Estuary and Esk Rivers (TEER) catchments.
Jesse speaks about the implementation of Tamar Action Grants within the dairy and grazing industries, as part of the delivery of the River Health Action Plan, funded through the Launceston City Deal.
Ed works as an engineer for City of Launceston in Asset Management, Infrastructure and Assets. His experience includes road and drainage asset management, project management and condition assessments.
The Sewage Intrusion Program was a City-wide investigation project funded by the River Health Action Plan to locate and rectify sewage intrusions within Launceston's stormwater network. He presents the findings and improvements made through the delivery of this project.
Long-time resident of Launceston, Ian Kidd has been researching the Tamar for more than 10 years. He has co-authored and published eight papers on the Tamar from his PhD work in 2017. Ian’s research has led to a greater understanding of the tidal processes at play in the Tamar. In his talk, Ian discusses the role of tidal prism in the North Esk and how this has changed since European settlement.
Kathryn Pugh is the Team Leader Water at the City of Launceston. Kathryn has extensive experience in landscape water quality and aquatic habitat monitoring, impact assessments and threatened species management, and more recent experience in drainage asset management. She has a long history with the City's estuary, undertaking impact assessments in the early 2000s and contributing to the 2008 State of the Tamar Report. She has been a core member of recent projects, including the River Health Action Plan, the Sediment Raking Program Review and the Environment, flooding and aesthetics: Sediment in the kanamaluka/Tamar estuary.
Kathryn talks about shifting baselines of the kanamaluka / Tamar estuary.
Dr Rebecca Kelly is an expert in modelling the impacts of climate variability, and changes in land use and management on natural resources, in particular on estuary and river systems. Dr Kelly has over 20 years of experience in integrated assessment and modelling of a broad range of natural resource issues including estuary management, water allocation and biodiversity conservation. Her areas of expertise include data analysis, development of integrated modelling approaches and frameworks, development and application of participatory approaches, and the design and use of decision support systems for management and planning purposes. Recent projects include development of a Water Quality Improvement Plan and subsequent River Health Action Plan for the kanamaluka/Tamar estuary which led to a $140 million funding commitment from State and Federal Governments in improved management. In 2019 she was a finalist for AWA’s Tasmanian Water Professional of the year.
This presentation is an opportunity to learn from Rebecca about recent modelling and evaluation of sediment management options for the upper kanamaluka / Tamar estuary.
Gary Swain is the Deputy Secretary at the Department of State Growth, and the current chair of the Tamar Estuary Management Taskforce (TEMT). He explains TEMT's future vision of kanamaluka / Tamar estuary, and what the next steps are to create a cultural and recreation precinct surrounding the upper estuary.