News | Sustainable Timber Tasmania

Please see below links for recent stories and news articles from Sustainable Timber Tasmania.

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Working forests and world-class mountain biking ( pdf ) 36 KB

World-class mountain biking and forestry successfully coexist, and Derby, a small town in the heart of Tasmania's north east, is an exciting example of this.

A forest reawakened ( pdf ) 53 KB

Where in Tasmania can you climb, swing, crawl, ride and walk through rich, exotic, and enchanted forests? Where amongst the blue gum forest canopy can your soar like an eagle down a zipline with extraordinary views at an exhilarating pace?

Natural regeneration at its most exquisite ( pdf ) 32 KB

In the scarred landscape of the southern forests, the sounds and colours of the forests are returning. The newly created Huon Pine Walk at Tahune Airwalk is a leading example of how innovation, creativity, culture and resilience is immersed in a fire-affected landscape to highlight the natural regeneration of the forest at its most exquisite.

The sounds of the forest post wildfire ( pdf ) 107 KB

The remnants of the 2018/2019 Riveaux Road bushfire still live on, however a drive through Tasmania’s southern forests truly shows that life is making its way back into the forests. Amongst the striking green of epicormic growth on the standing eucalypts, a naked eye can just see the flutter of birds and insects as they navigate their way upon their return to a very different ‘home’.

Celebrating Schools Tree Day Together at Sheffield School ( pdf ) 837 KB

Students at Sheffield School have been learning and sharing alongside local experts who work in Tasmania’s forest industry. Together, they’ve been having fun, planting trees and giving back to the community.

Celebrating Schools Tree Day together ( pdf ) 522 KB

Together, Tasmanian school students and Tasmania's forest industry are learning, sharing and planting trees for future generations.

Links (External Websites)

Sustainable Timber Tasmania is here and ready for the upcoming bushfire season! (Opens external website)

Check out our Facebook video to see how Sustainable Timber Tasmania renews its firefighting capabilities each year to get us fire fit and ready for the upcoming bushfire season.

Project Eagle Eye (Opens external website)

Check out our Facebook video to see how Sustainable Timber Tasmania is investing in smart forests for the future. Our Eagle Eye project has been trialling technology to help redefine how wedge tailed eagles can be monitored – remotely, accurately and safely.