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FREE practical bushfire management for farmers and rural landholders — News

FREE practical bushfire management for farmers and rural landholders

27 September 2023

The Red Hot Tips program educates, engages and supports farmers and landholders in rural Tasmania to actively manage their bushfire risk; encouraging collaborative vegetation fire management and ecological sustainability across the landscape.

Plantation Insurance for small-scale forest growers — News

Plantation Insurance for small-scale forest growers

27 September 2023

Many small-scale forest growers have experienced difficulty in securing insurance cover for their plantations. After two-years, Forestry Australia, along with PSC Insurance Brokers and the Forest Growers Committee announce the availability of a new…

Education and hands-on training at Hagley Farm School — News

Education and hands-on training at Hagley Farm School

26 September 2023

Genuine education and hands-on training came together at Hagley at the end of Term 3 when Hagley Farm School Ag Learning Centre collaborated with Private Forests Tasmania and Forest Education Foundation to conduct the first Introductory Training…

Fire Prevention at Forest Operations Procedures updated with bushfire season commencing October 1. — News

Fire Prevention at Forest Operations Procedures updated with bushfire season commencing October 1.

25 September 2023

The Tasmanian Forest Industry Fire Management Committee (FIFMC) have endorsed changes to the Fire Prevention at Forest Operations procedures and equipment audit form for the upcoming 2023 fire season which commences October 1.

Sarah and Tom Clark are planting trees and improving their farmland to benefit future generations — News

Sarah and Tom Clark are planting trees and improving their farmland to benefit future generations

27 August 2023

Sarah and Tom Clark own and operate two farms, one in Ellendale and their larger farm, The Back Run, in Westerway. Living in Westerway with their young family, the Clarkes farms are home to sheep, cattle and brassica seed crops. Having already seen…

Active forest management to address timber shortage and climate change — News

Active forest management to address timber shortage and climate change

16 August 2023

Tasmania's private foresters are at the forefront of combating climate change and alleviating Australia's construction timber scarcity through proactive private native regrowth forest management.

New CEO appointed to Private Forests Tasmania — News

New CEO appointed to Private Forests Tasmania

07 August 2023

Minister Felix Ellis welcomed the appointment of Dr Elizabeth Pietrzykowski as the new CEO of Private Forests Tasmania following the retirement of Penny Wells after five years in the role.

Winton Farm set to enjoy the environmental benefits of trees — News

Winton Farm set to enjoy the environmental benefits of trees

19 July 2023

John Taylor is a seventh-generation farmer living on Winton Estate, a 3,3000-ha farm just 15km North West of Campbell Town. John returned from Agriculture College at the end of 2000 to live and work on the Taylor family farm which has been owned and…

Planting trees to maximise functionality, productivity and future prosperity on Kenilworth Farm, Campbell Town — News

Planting trees to maximise functionality, productivity and future prosperity on Kenilworth Farm, Campbell Town

19 July 2023

David Taylor lives on Kenilworth farm located just northwest of Campbell Town with his wife, Jo, and their three young children. Kenilworth has been in the extended Taylor family since 1823. Originally owned and operated by David’s cousin’s family,…

The benefits of planting trees at Chester Farm, Westwood — News

The benefits of planting trees at Chester Farm, Westwood

19 July 2023

Biosecurity, increased lambing percentages, and a decrease in water evaporation are just some of the noticeable benefits of planting trees on Chester Farm.

Midway: Carbon Project Agreement offering — News

Midway: Carbon Project Agreement offering

27 June 2023

A guide to carbon sequestration and credit opportunity for Tasmanian landholders.

Have your say: Feedback on proposed legislative changes called for — News

Have your say: Feedback on proposed legislative changes called for

16 June 2023

THE CONSULTATION PERIOD HAS NOW CLOSED. Private Forests Tasmania has undertaken a legislative reform project to progress a number of miscellaneous legislative changes resulting from internal reviews and issues raised by private forest stakeholders.

Looking to establish new forestry plantations? REGISTER NOW for the Support Plantation Establishment Program — News

Looking to establish new forestry plantations? REGISTER NOW for the Support Plantation Establishment Program

08 June 2023

REGISTER NOW for the Support Plantation Establishment Program.Private, First Nations, and farm forestry businesses are being encouraged to register their interest in the Australian Government's Support Plantation Establishment Program, which opens…

Plantation thinning field day — News

Plantation thinning field day

01 June 2023

As part of the Wood Supply Co-investment program supported by PFT, Forico facilitated a trial to investigate costs and silvicultural practices to transition from pulpwood to longer rotation solid wood, with an aim to improve domestic sawlog supply…

Hydrowood - an opportunity to invest in nature's hidden wealth — News

Hydrowood - an opportunity to invest in nature's hidden wealth

30 May 2023

Tasmanians will be offered the first chance to own a piece of history when innovative underwater harvesting company Hydrowood undertake an equity crowdfunding program later this month. Forgotten timber salvaged from the deep dark depths of a lake in…

FIFMC highlight 2022-23 fire season efforts — News

FIFMC highlight 2022-23 fire season efforts

30 May 2023

Darryn Crook, Chair of the Forest Industry Fire Management Committee (FIFMC), has highlighted the dedication of the forest managers and their contractors within Tasmania during the recently concluded 2022/23 fire season. FIFMC, serving as a…

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