Nature Conservation Report Series

​​​​​​​​​Since 1975 we have been publishing a report series.​

These reports document results of various surveys, assessments and research undertaken or organised by staff, including co-authored works with people from other institutions or private individuals.

The name of the report series has changed several times since 1975 and this is reflected on the documents. 

Previous names were:

  • Wildlife Division Technical Report (1975-1989)

  • Wildlife Division Scientific Report (1990-1991)

  • Scientific Report (1991-1992)

  • Wildlife Report (1994-1998)

  • Nature Conservation Report (1998-present)

Reports are published with an average of four per year since 1990. 

They are not refereed but parts of reports may have been published in peer reviewed journals. Most have been lodged with the Departmental library, State library, and National library. 


24/05

 Fire impacts on biodiversity values in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area: Monitoring strategy 2024 to 2029 (PDF 1Mb)


24/04

 TWWHA Montane Conifer Condition Monitoring Revisit 1- 2011 and 2012 to 2022 and 2023 (PDF 5Mb)


24/03

 Calling activity of ground parrots in burnt and unburnt moorland of southwest Tasmania (PDF 3Mb)​


24/02

 Annual Spotlight Surveys, Tasmania 2023/2024 (PDF 875Kb)​


24/01

 Monitoring Priority Wildlife at Lake St Clair (PDF 6Mb)​

23/04

 TWWHA Bushfire Recovery - Lake Mackenzie Sphagnum and Pencil Pine Rehabilitation Trials (PDF 8Mb)

 Appendix 1 - TWWHA Lake Mackenzie Bushfire Rehabilitation Trials - Sphagnum establishment report (PDF 8Mb)

 Appendix 2 - TWWHA Lake Mackenzie Bushfire Rehabilitation Trials - Pencil pine establishment report and nursery notes (PDF 2Mb)

 Appendix 3 - TWWHA Lake Mackenzie Bushfire Rehabilitation Trials - Sphagnum Decision Support tool (PDF 10Mb)

 Appendix 4 - TWWHA Lake Mackenzie Bushfire Rehabilitation Trials - Pencil Pine Decision Support Tool (PDF 9Mb)​


23/03

 Invertebrate reponses to bushfire in highland grassy sedgeland (PDF 11Mb)​

23/02

 New Holland Mouse, Pookila - National Conservation Assessment Workshop - 24th and 25th November 2021 Workshop Proceedings  (PDF 1Mb)


​23/01

 Annual State-wide Spotlight Surveys Tasmania 2022-2023 (PDF 1Mb)​


​​22/01

 Monitoring Priority Wildlife in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area: Central Plateau (PDF 7Mb)​

21/06

 Fire serverity mapping and bushfire impacts on natural values in Tasmania 2019-20 (PDF 1Mb)​

21/04

 Suitability of Ground Penetrating Radar for the assessment of soil depth in the Tasmanian Wilderness (PDF 2Mb)

 Tolerable Fire Intervals for TASVEG communities  (PDF 1Mb)

21/03

 Establishment Report for the TWWHA Climate Change Monitoring Program: Moorland – Alpine transition in southwest Tasmania - Part 1 - Report and Appendices A, B, C, D  (PDF 15Mb)

 Establishment Report for the TWWHA Climate Change Monitoring Program: Moorland – Alpine transition in southwest Tasmania - Part 2 - Appendix E (PDF 37Mb)

 Establishment Report for the TWWHA Climate Change Monitoring Program: Moorland – Alpine transition in southwest Tasmania - Part 3 - Appendix F (PDF 17Mb)​

21/01

  Wildlife D​etected at Supplementary Feeding Stations Established Following Tasmania'​s 2019 Great Pine Tier Bushfire   (5Mb)

​20/03:

  Natural Values of the 2013 TWWHA Extension - Central North Sector - October 2020   (5Mb)​

20/02

  Annual Statewide Spotlight Surveys, Tasmania 2019/2020   (1Mb)

20/01

  Monitoring Priority Wildlife in the TWWHA: A Pilot Survey on the Central Plateau   (6Mb)​

19/02:

  Eagle Nest Survey in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area   (25Mb)

19/01:

  Flora Values Assessment and Monitoring Report – Macquarie Island Nature Reserve and World Heritage Area – March 2019   (4Mb)

18/08:

  Potential impact of climate change on at-risk wetlands in the TWWHA   (4Mb)

18/07: 

  Prevalence of wombat mange at Cape Portland Northeast Tasmania   (4Mb)

18/06: 

  Use of wombat gates by wombats and other mammals on a farm   (1Mb)

18/05: 

  Giant trees and very tall forest values in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area   (833Kb)​

18/04: 

  BMS - Camera trapping for the detection of small mammals -Trial of camera traps to survey for the New Holland mouse (Pseudomys novaehollandiae) in Tasmania, Nature Conservation Report 18/4   (4Mb)

18/03: 

  Establishment Report for the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Climate Change Monitoring Program: Adaptation of vegetation on soft sediment coastal margins to climate change   (4Mb)

18/02: 

  Monitoring impacts of fire on the organosols of buttongrass moorlands - Establishment Report   (1Mb)​

18/01: 

  The resilience of the rare Hickmans Allanaspides to fire   (2Mb)

17/06:
  A review of natural values within the 2013 extension to the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area   (17Mb)

17/05: 

  Assessment of the ecological impacts of the 2016 Mersey Forest Fire Complex   (26Mb)

17/03:

  Establishment Report for Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Climate Change Monitoring Program: Newdegate Pass Cushion String Fen, Mt Field, Southwest Tasmania   (6Mb)

17/02:

  Establishment Report for Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Climate Change Monitoring Program: Clemes Tarn Snow Patch, Mt Field, Southwest Tasmania   (3Mb)

17/01: 

  Snow Patch Vegetation on Cradle Mountin and Mount Eliza Tasmania   (13Mb)

16/02: 

  Lake Mackenzie Alpine Fire Impacts Workshop, 8 June 2016   (5Mb)

16/01: 

  Sloping Island natural and cultural values survey 2015   (9Mb)

15/05: 

  Identifying and classifying sites and processes of fluvial geomorphic significance in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area: a proposed approach   (2Mb)

15/04: 

 Rodondo Island Biodiversity Oil Spill Response Survey (PDF 15Mb)​

15/03: 

  Monitoring the Erosion Status of Oceanic Beaches in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area   (8Mb)

15/02: 

  NCVB 2015 Fire regimes for nature conservation in the TWWHA   (2Mb)​

15/02: 

  Hamish Saunders Memorial Trust Survey Report - luntalanana (Clarke) Island   (6Mb)​

15/01: 

  Hamish Saunders Memorial Trust Survey Report - South Bruny Island Report 2013 - Part One   (7Mb)

14/05: 

  Phytophthora Management Areas Reassessment Bruny Island   (7Mb)

14/04: 

  A Thematic Gap Analysis of the Tasmanian Geoconservation Database   (3Mb)​

14/03: 

  Monitoring if the Expression of Feldmark Vegetation on The Boomerang Southern Tasmania   (2Mb)

14/02: 

  Macquarie Island World Heritage Area Geoconservation Strategy   (4Mb)

14/01: 

  Hamish Saunders Memorial Trust Survey Report - Flinders Island 2012   (6Mb)

13/08: 

  Lower Gordon River erosion monitoring report, February 2004 to March 2013   (6Mb)

13/07: 

  Islands of The Port Davey Area, Biodiversity and Oil Spill Response Servey Nov. 2013, NCB Report 13/07   (5Mb)

13/05: 

  An Overview of Geodiversity Sites in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area   (670Kb)

13/04: 

  The Distributions of Invertebrate Species Along the Warra Mount Weld Altitudinal Transect in 2001-2002 and Identification of Taxa Restricted by Altitude   (2Mb)

13/03: 

  Geomorphological Evolution of the Prion Beach & New River Lagoon Beach Barrier System   (3Mb)

13/02: 

  Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Fauna Values of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area   (2Mb)​

13/01: 

  Report on Vegetation Monitoring on Macquarie Island 2013   (3Mb)

11/06: 

  Part 1 Montane Conifers Establishment Report   (8Mb)

  Part 2 Montane Conifers Establishment Report   (12Mb)

11/05: 

  Fluvial Geomorphology and Hydrology of Small Buttongrass Moorland Streams   (4Mb)

11/04: 

  Potential Climate Change Impacts on Geodiversity in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area: a management response position paper   (6Mb)

11/03: 

  Islands of the Hogan Group Bass Strait Biodiversity & Oil Spill Response Survey   (3Mb)


11/02: 

  Hamish Saunders Memorial Trust Survey Report - Schouten Island Scientific Expedition 2011   (7Mb)


11/02: 

  Hamish Saunders Memorial Trust Survey Report - Inner (West) Sister Island - 2010   (5Mb)


11/01: 

  Hamish Saunders Memorial Trust Survey Reports 2009 - The Islands of Macquarie Harbour - Part 1   (2Mb)

  Hamish Saunders Memorial Trust Survey Report 2009 - The Islands of Macquarie Harbour - Part 2   (8Mb)

  Hamish Saunders Memorial Trust Survey Report 2009 - The Islands of Macquarie Harbour - Part 3   (3Mb)

  Hamish Saunders Memorial Trust Survey Reports 2009 - The Islands of Macquarie Harbour - Part 4   (2Mb)


10/04: 

  Proceedings of the 2007 Buttongrass Moorland Management Workshop   (4Mb)


10/03: 

  Prioritisiation of Threatened Flora and Fauna. Recovery Actions for the Tasmanian NRM Regions   (598Kb)


10/02: 

  Chytrid Research and Management in Tasmania - Part 1   (2Mb)

  Chytrid Research and Management in Tasmania - Part 2   (2Mb)


10/01: 

  Review, Risk Assessment & Management of Introduced Animals in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area   (2Mb)


09/04: 

  Alpine Treeline Ecotone Monitoring Program within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area - Part 1   (2Mb)

  Alpine Treeline Ecotone Monitoring Program within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area - Part 2   (2Mb)


09/03: 

  Hamish Saunders Memorial Trust Survey Report - Prime Seal Island Report 2008 - Part One   (3Mb)

  Hamish Saunders Memorial Trust Survey Report - Prime Seal Island Report 2008 - Part Two   (4Mb)


09/02: 

  Part 1 - Baseline monitoring of the Tasmanian Glow-worm and other cave fauna   (3Mb)

  Part 2 - Baseline monitoring of the Tasmanian Glow-worm and other cave fauna   (1Mb)


09/01: 

  Techniques for Tasmanian Native Orchid Germination   (1Mb)


08/05: 

  Section 1 - The Susceptibility to Phytophthora cinnamomi of Threatened Boronia Species   (2Mb)

  Section 2 - The Susceptibility to Phytophthora cinnamomi of Threatened Boronia Species   (3Mb)​


08/04: 

  Monitoring Dry Coastal Vegetation in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Section 1   (467Kb)

  Monitoring Dry Coastal Vegetation in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Section 2   (2Mb)

  Monitoring Dry Coastal Vegetation in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Section 3   (2Mb)


08/03: 

  Hamish Saunders Memorial Trust Survey Report - Three Hummock Island: 2006 Flora and Fauna Survey   (2Mb)


08/02: 

  Wildlife Monitoring Review of Priorities   (869Kb)


08/01: 

  Monitoring Dry Coastal Vegetation in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area   (390Kb)


07/02:

  Part 1: Monitoring Program for Fallow Deer in the Central Plateau Conservation Area   (894Kb)

  Appendices 1-4: Monitoring Program for Fallow Deer in the Central Plateau Conservation Area   (1Mb)

  Appendices 5-7: Monitoring Program for Fallow Deer in the Central Plateau Conservation Area   (181Kb)

  Appendices: Maps 1-2 Monitoring Program for Fallow Deer in the Central Plateau Conservation Area   (301Kb)

  Appendices: Maps - 3a Monitoring Program for Fallow Deer in the Central Plateau Conservation Area   (532Kb)

  Appendices: Maps - 3b Monitoring Program for Fallow Deer in the Central Plateau Conservation Area   (711Kb)

  Appendices: Maps - 3c Monitoring Program for Fallow Deer in the Central Plateau Conservation Area   (842Kb)

  Appendices: Maps - 3d Monitoring Program for Fallow Deer in the Central Plateau Conservation Area   (707Kb)

  Appendices: Maps - 3e Monitoring Program for Fallow Deer in the Central Plateau Conservation Area   (724Kb)

  Appendices: Maps - 3f Monitoring Program for Fallow Deer in the Central Plateau Conservation Area   (795Kb)

  Appendices: Maps - 3g Monitoring Program for Fallow Deer in the Central Plateau Conservation Area   (754Kb)

  Appendices: Maps - 3h Monitoring Program for Fallow Deer in the Central Plateau Conservation Area   (404Kb)

  Appendices: Maps - Monitoring Program for Fallow Deer in the Central Plateau Conservation Area   (616Kb)

  Appendices: Maps - Monitoring Program for Fallow Deer in the Central Plateau Conservation Area   (2Mb)


07/01: 

  Part 1 - Rehabilitation Priorities for the Central Plateau   (3Mb)

  Part 2 - Rehabilitation Priorities for the Central Plateau   (4Mb)

  Part 3 - Rehabilitation Priorities for the Central Plateau   (3Mb)

  Part 4 - Rehabilitation Priorities for the Central Plateau   (264Kb)


06/01: 

  Hamish Saunders Memorial Trust Survey Report 2005 - Tasman Island   (1Mb)


05/07: 

  Interim Phytophthora cinnamomi Management Guidelines   (689Kb)


05/06: 

  Fluvial geomorphology of buttongrass moorland landscapes of Western Tasmania   (28Mb)


04/03: 

  Floristic Values of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area   (1Mb)


03/06: 

  Part 1 - A Review of the Geoconservation Values of the Tasmanian WWHA   (1Mb)

  Part 2 - A Review of the Geoconservation Values of the Tasmanian WWHA   (4Mb)

  Part 3 - A Review of the Geoconservation Values of the Tasmanian WWHA   (747Kb)​


03/05: 

  Part 1 Volume 1 Tasmania's River Geomorphology: Stream Character and Regional Analysis   (1Mb)

  Part 2 Volume 1 Tasmania's River Geomorphology: The River Environmental Domains - Results and Technical Discussion   (4Mb)

  Part 3 Volume 2 Tasmanias River Geomorphology Appendices 1-5   (1Mb)

  Part 4 Volume 2 Tasmanias River Geomorphology Appendices 6-7   (2Mb)

  Part 5 Volume 2 Tasmanias River Geomorphology Appendices 8-10   (2Mb)


03/04: 

  Kit 10: Bugs, Birds, Bettongs & Bush - Tasmanian Bushcare Toolkit   (4Mb)


03/03: 

  Conservation of Tasmanian Plant Species & Communities Threatened by Phytophthora cinnamomi   (1Mb)
Appendix 5 Maps can viewed on the DPIPWE site


02/10: 

  Near-Coastal Native Grasslands of Northwestern Tasmania   (2Mb)​


02/02: 

  A Land Managers Guide for Assessing and Monitoring the Health of Tasmanian Forested Bush   (1Mb)


01/02:

  Status and Management of Forester Kangaroos in Tasmania   (10Mb)


01/01:

  Woody Island, Pitt Water - Recommendations on the management of its vegetation   (2Mb)​


00/02:

  The impact of fire on species diversity and dominance in the eastern moorland, Central Plateau, Tasmania   (2Mb)


00/01: 

  Reconnaissance Survey of Cave Fauna Management Issues in the Mole Creek Karst National Park   (520Kb)


99/01: 

  Cave Fauna Management and Monitoring at Ida Bay   (447Kb)


97/02

 Surface Water Quality at Three Locations in the TWWHA (PDF 2Mb)​


95/05: 

  A Biological Survey of the Waterhouse Area   (360Kb)


92/03:

  Effects of Hunting and Rainfall on Bennetts Wallaby and Tasmanian Pademelon Populations   (2Mb)​


92/01: 

  Review and Analysis of Spotlight Surveys in Tasmania: 1975-1990   (2Mb)


91/01: 

  The Ground Parrot in Tasmania   (2Mb)


90/01: 

  Habitat, Conservation Status and Management of the Tasmanian Bettong   (4Mb)​