About Us
NRM North is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that works with the community, industry and government to care for the land, water, and biodiversity of Northern Tasmania.
Sheep grazing at the Baxter property, in the northern Tasmania NRM region.
NRM North
NRM North
NRM North is one of three formally recognised natural resource management organisations in Tasmania and one of 54 across Australia. NRM North was established in 2003 through a community-driven process in response to the Tasmanian Government’s Natural Resource Management Framework and its enabling legislation, the Tasmanian Natural Resource Management Act 2002 (Amendments 2018).
For over 20 years we’ve maintained strong, trusted relationships with a broad range of stakeholders, including community groups, public and private land managers, Tasmanian Aboriginal organisations, industry, government entities and other NRM organisations across the state, to deliver diverse and impactful, on-ground projects across the Northern Tasmanian NRM region. Our approach is practical, science-backed, and community-led, focusing on long-term outcomes in land, water, and biodiversity management and sustainability. We actively seek funding from government and non-government sources, for the planning, delivery and implementation of integrated NRM.
The organisation is overseen by the NRM North Management Committee to ensure the continuation of sound business and best practice in natural resource management.
Our Values
Our Values
Our organisational values were developed collaboratively with staff and are central to the culture of NRM North. Our values express what makes our organisation unique and guide how we work, ensuring we deliver value to our employees and stakeholders.
Our organisational values are reflected daily in our behaviours, as we grow and thrive by investing in learning and development, work to maximise on-ground results and environmental benefits, hold each other accountable, remain open to feedback, and show kindness and seek to understand the needs of others.
NRM North organisational values.
Volunteers planting seedlings in Westbury.
Vision and Aims
Vision and Aims
NRM North’s vision is to be the leading non-government organisation in natural resource management across northern Tasmania, and to undertake collaborative action for healthy landscapes and seascapes, protected natural values, and sustainable livelihoods and lifestyles.
Our vision for natural resource management is applied through five principles outlined below:
- Stewardship
- Risk and Resilience
- Influence
- Aboriginal culture and knowledge
- Participation
Our Region
Our Region
Northern Tasmania covers 19,800 km2 and is bounded by some of Tasmania’s most outstanding and picturesque landscapes. These range from Bass Strait, along the craggy peaks of the Western Tiers to the stunning beaches of the Bay of Fires and the unspoiled islands of the Furneaux and Kent Groups.
The region is home to approximately 156,000 people, with the major urban areas based around Launceston and the Tamar Valley. Northern Tasmania contains the iconic Kanamaluka / Tamar estuary, Australia’s longest navigable estuary at 70 km, carrying the combined flows from over 10,000 km2, including the waters from the North and South Esk, Meander and Macquarie rivers. Rural and coastal communities are serviced by many smaller towns and the region generates much of its wealth from natural resource dependent industries such as agriculture, aquaculture, viticulture, forestry, tourism and recreation.
The region is governed by eight municipal councils: the City of Launceston, West Tamar, Northern Midlands, Meander Valley, Dorset, Break O’Day, George Town and Flinders.
NRM North works across much of the north and north east of Tasmania including the Furneaux group.
The 2030 NRM Strategy for Northern Tasmania provides a blueprint for actions to focus on.
Our Strategy
Our Strategy
The 2030 Natural Resource Management (NRM) Strategy for Northern Tasmania provides a framework to guide the sustainable management of the region’s natural resources through to 2030.
Developed collaboratively with specialists, industry, government, and community stakeholders, the Strategy identifies regional priorities and emerging issues unique to northern Tasmania. It forms part of a coordinated, consistent, scalable and whole-of-state framework alongside the strategies for southern Tasmania and the Cradle Coast region.
Adopting the themes of Land, Water and Biodiversity, the Strategy provides a blueprint for the actions NRM North will focus on to improve natural resource condition and support sustainable production, with long-term outcomes that include:
- support for Aboriginal communities
- improving landscape resilience to climate change
- healthier waterways, and
- reduced impacts on Tasmania’s threatened species.
2030 NRM Strategy for Northern Tasmania
2030 NRM Strategy for Northern Tasmania
Formally approved by the Tasmanian and Australian Governments and launched in August 2022, the Strategy and its supporting attachments provide the foundation for investment and delivery of on-ground action across northern Tasmania.
Download the 2030 NRM Strategy for Northern Tasmania
Download the 2030 NRM Strategy for Northern Tasmania (Attachments 1 - 6)