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I found a treasure map amongst the #secondhand books at Launceston City Mission weekend book sale. It was tucked into the TAMAR Outline Development Plan commissioned by the Tamar Regional Master Planning Authority in 1971. This Authority was established by local #councils in northern Tasmania in 1969 & lasted about 20 years. The 1971 Plan was intended to guide the Authority in creating 'a blueprint on broad lines for the future development of the Tamar Valley Region' (Angus Bethune then Premier). Lots in this report: demography, industry, natural resources, conservation, land use planning, potential governance models. Even citizen committees for accountability. There's awareness of nascent Federal Government interest in regional planning. This Authority & a similar southern authority did not survive - government and state corporations were not bound by its recommendations & by the early 1990s state wide planning was in play. But their reports are useful and overlap many of the issues we are still working on today. There is also renewed state and federal government interest in #regional #planning which is welcome. So certainly a forerunner of Northern Tasmania Development Corporation - NTDC #TEER #TEMT Visit Northern Tasmania #LREZS Chris Griffin Craig Perkins Linda Kelly GAICD Jo Fearman Local Government Association of Tasmania (LGAT) James McKee

The Condit Dam was decommissioned in 2011, finally allowing the White Salmon River to run free for the first time in a century. The Lower White Salmon Coalition, which includes local businesses, residents, conservation groups and recreational guides, recently published a detailed plan for the watershed’s future, including conservation, land tenure, and recreation strategies. A central priority is ecological health, including protecting riparian and forestland habitats by creating buffers around surface waters. #wildrivers https://ow.ly/hUFa50Qlg4X

@Inhabitect is proud of our ongoing partnership with The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay and the pivotal role we played in the Kid's Creek Riparian Restoration and Wetland Enhancement Project. By leveraging our expertise in sustainable design and green infrastructure, our team has been working hard to restore the natural habitat, improve water quality, and enhance the overall health of our local ecosystem. The project is in a degraded wetland, along a major tributary to Grand Traverse Bay, that was almost entirely comprised of invasive species and devoid of a natural riparian buffer following historic farming activities and development. To help restore this area and combat the detrimental effects of pollutants in stormwater runoff, a 1-acre engineered wetland now pre-treats and filters over 1.1 million gallons of stormwater per year, before it enters the creek that eventually flows into #GrandTraverseBay. We also restored 4800 linear feet of stream by installing a riparian buffer consisting of 457 trees, 1050 shrubs, 1500 live stakes, 3078 plugs, and 1.4 acres of native seed! In addition, we installed 6 habitat/wildlife structures and treated 4.5 acres of invasive species! Wave hello next time you see our team installing more trees, performing maintenance, or monitoring the process of our installations at Kids Creek near @Meijer along Silver Lake Road in #TraverseCity! #nativeplants #landscapedesign #ecologicallandscaping #plantingtrees #designbuildgrow #nativetrees #ecologicalrestoration #wetlandrestoration #stormwatermanagement #riparianrestoration #greeninfrastructure https://lnkd.in/gsKn_gMg

Another wonderful testimonial for our Wetland Assessment course! We love to hear from our students! For all of our testimonials, visit our link below. https://lnkd.in/g6zwg8vW #naturalresourcestraininggroup #testimonial #wetlandassessment #environmentaleducation

A hundred-year plan for landscape scale forest restoration...

Acres of bluebonnets - Vertex Pond Park within the Onion Creek Metro Park District.

Schmitz Park Creek Restore has identified four areas of concern about the natural environment of Schmitz Park that it will need to address as part of its proposal to restore and protect the Park. We have grouped them under these titles: Fish, Forest, Creek, Cove:  

Striving to facilitate the coexistence of woodland management and nature https://lnkd.in/eqreRwYC

Partners from the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, the Siuslaw Watershed Council, and McKenzie River Trust are kicking off a second season of restoration at Waite Ranch on the Siuslaw River. Started in the summer of 2023, the tidal restoration project aims to return around 200 acres of estuarine wetlands to the Siuslaw River system. In 2010, McKenzie River Trust purchased the property, which had been identified as a high conservation priority by regional partners working to address immediate threats to native Coho salmon whose numbers fell from more than 450,000 adults returning annually to spawn in the Siuslaw in the early 1900s to as few as 500 by the 1990s. Restoring tidal access to its floodplain will create several miles of additional habitat for salmon on the site, located roughly 3 miles upstream of Florence, OR. This reconnection of the land to the river, which was cut off to support agricultural use in the 1800s, is an important step toward increasing off-channel habitat for resident fish who utilize tidal wetlands for food and cover as they transition between fresh and saltwater environments. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gT4wEwQe

A Land Back Win for the Yurok Tribe The Yurok Tribe recently achieved a significant milestone in land management. In an unprecedented move, they entered into an innovative agreement where a U.S. national park will be co-managed by a Native nation. Here are the key details: Location: The historic agreement was signed at a property known as ‘O Rew, located in Orick, California. This area serves as the southern gateway to the Redwood National and State Parks and holds cultural and historical significance for the Yurok Tribe. Land Restoration: The Yurok Tribe, along with organizations such as Save the Redwoods League, has been actively working to restore Prairie Creek at ‘O Rew. Their efforts have created critical habitat for juvenile salmon and steelhead, which are already returning to the creek. Historical Context: ‘O Rew was once the center of the Yurok Tribe’s ancestral homelands. However, during colonization, the land was seized by colonial settlers in the mid-1800s. Later, a lumber mill operated on the site. Now, efforts to heal the land and restore its ecological balance are underway. First-of-Its-Kind Arrangement: This agreement marks the first time in U.S. history that a national park will be co-stewarded by a Native nation. The Yurok Tribe’s involvement in managing this land strengthens the relationship between tribes and the National Park Service. Joseph James, chairman of the Yurok Tribe, expressed the significance of this moment: “As we are healing the land, it’s healing ourselves. So it’s a very proud moment in the timeline of the Yurok Tribe” https://lnkd.in/g6UepPt7 #landback #yuroktribe #nationalparkservice