About the project
The Tasmanian Weeds Action Fund (WAF), launched in 2019 by the Tasmanian Government’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment, addresses the threat of priority weeds to the state’s agricultural and environmental assets. WAF provides funding for weed management projects aimed at supporting farmers, land managers, and community organisations and to promote a shared responsibility approach to achieve sustainable weed management and protect Tasmania’s biosecurity.
Cradle Coast NRM, in partnership with Landcare Tasmania will deliver the Cradle Coast Regional Priority Weeds Project, funded through Stage 3 of the WAF. This project aims to provide a more strategic and targeted approach to tackling high priority weeds in the Cradle Coast region.
Weeds are a major threat to the region’s production and natural assets and while weed management is occurring, there is not a current regionwide weed strategy or plan to assist with guiding management and determining future priorities.
This project builds upon various weed management initiatives in the region, including previous Weed Action Fund funded projects, by focusing on strategic weed management planning, including the development of an updated Regional Weeds Strategy, education and awareness activities, property-based weed management plans and delivering on-ground works targeting several of the region’s most serious weeds.
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Cradle Coast 2030 Strategy
As a key threat, weed management is an important aspect of strategic action to protect Regional Priorities across our Land, Water and Biodiversity themes.
Duration: 2025 to 2027
Location: Region-wide
Funding provider: Tasmanian Government
Contact: Petra Wilden, NRM Regional Weeds Coordinator
Phone: 03 6433 8400 Email: pwilden@cradlecoast.com
Help shape the new Cradle Coast Regional Weed Strategy
Community groups and individual members in the Cradle Coast region are invited to take part in a short survey to help update the Regional Weed Strategy for the Cradle Coast region. This new Strategy will guide how weeds are managed across all our local municipalities over the next 10 years, with a review in five years to make sure it stays relevant.
What the strategy will do
The Strategy will help our region to:
- Protect natural areas, beaches, reserves, and cultural heritage sites
- Identify major weed ‘hotspots’ and emerging threats
- Improve coordination between Councils, land managers, State agencies and volunteer groups
- Strengthen community awareness, education and shared resources
- Support cross-tenure projects (where weed problems run across private, public and reserve lands)
- Improve monitoring, mapping and long-term planning
- Guide future funding opportunities for weed control
Project Objectives:
Regional Weed Strategy
This project will develop a Regional Weed Strategy covering the north west and west of Tasmania, including King Island. Stakeholder consultation and engagement, past and current weed management plans, and Tasmanian and Australian legislation will guide development of a framework that addresses known gaps in weed management and identifies existing and emerging weed hotspots and natural and cultural features threatened by weeds. As a result, the Regional Weed Strategy will identify priority weed populations for management programs, highlight opportunities for capacity-building and recommend best practice monitoring and evaluation processes.
Community Engagement and Awareness
Coordinated consultation and engagement will support community capacity building while informing the development of other project objectives. Weed education events, working group consultation meetings and other community-based meetings and events will be held during the project. Additionally, a model for capturing weed data across the Cradle Coast region will be investigated.
Weed Management Plans & On-ground Works
Weed Management Plans will be developed for twenty-five key locations, with on-ground works delivered at priority sites. The Weed Management Plan framework will be designed in collaboration with the North-West Regional Weeds Reference Group with the twenty-five locations addressing a variety of priority weeds across areas with significant need for management. On-ground works will undertaken to implement five high-priority Weed Management Plans, in accordance with WAF program priorities.
