Publications

Supplementary TCFA - finalising formal and informal reserve boundaries ( pdf ) 4.75 MB

TCFA Research into Alternatives to Clearfelling in Old Growth Forests

Alternatives to clearfelling ( pdf ) 227 KB

A newsletter from Forestry Tasmania's Division of Research and Development

A History of Innovation ( pdf ) 33.83 MB

HAND drawn maps of the 1920s, aerial photography pioneered in 1930, 21st Century laser technology and ground breaking scientific research on forestry methods are detailed in a new book titled A History of Innovation: Eighty-five Years of Research and Development at Forestry Tasmania.

STT Seedling Price List 2018 ( pdf ) 123 KB

Planting information for Shining Gum ( pdf ) 27 KB

Eucalyptus Nitens are classed as fast growing trees, with a typical height of between 30-50 metres.

Planting information for Radiata Pine ( pdf ) 25 KB

Radiata Pine (Pinus radiata) is considered a quick growing tree species.

Planting information for Eucalyptus or Blackwood ( pdf ) 56 KB

What you do in your plantation in the first two years will virtually determine whether it flourishes or just gets by.

Planting information for Blue Gum ( pdf ) 33 KB

E.globulus is a medium to very tall forest tree, is commonly 15-25 metres in height, and mostly occurs naturally in the South East of Tasmania & Bass Strait islands.

How many trees do you need to plant? ( pdf ) 26 KB

Find out the number of trees per hectare for rectangular spacing

Planting information for Blackwood ( pdf ) 26 KB

Blackwoods are classed as a large tree species, with a moderate growth rate.

Trees for special requirements ( pdf ) 44 KB

Tree species that have been chosen for their suitability for special and difficult conditions.

Rusty to Suse - changing of the guard ( pdf ) 486 KB

They spent the morning together - it's Suse's second time in the Tyler's Hill Fire Tower and what is heading towards Rusty's last time after 27 years. The sun shines as they stand together and look out over their expansive kingdom - beyond Southport and Dover, across far South East Tasmania.

Tower Hill's Bob - a monumental life ( pdf ) 697 KB

Tower Hill's operator Bob has been a bit part movie star, a bulldozer operator, a cancer survivor and for the last 10 years, a fire tower operator. A considered and considerate man, he doesn't necessarily rate these experiences as one better than the other, but rather accepts them as the pieces that have made up his life.

Tower Hill - "Just a box on some rocks" ( pdf ) 798 KB

You might think Tower Hill Fire Tower is just a box on some rocks. It certainly looks to be. But its an extraordinary tower with extraordinary stories. It's also seen its fair share of dramatic events; from the unfortunate passing due to heart attack of one of its operators out on the balcony, to playing a key role in the recent Fingal bushfires of 2019/2020, this tower, like all, has stories to share.

It takes a community to protect a community ( pdf ) 903 KB

Just a few moments after meeting the people responsible for operating the Mt Hobbs and Snow Hill Fire Towers, is the realisation that these salt of the earth, entrepreneurial locals are the community that they spent summers protecting. They live in it, they know it and its people like the back of their hand and they love their job.

Joy and Lyn at Hobbs - fires on the horizon ( pdf ) 1.01 MB

What these ladies don't emphasise is just how incredible and, well heroic the work they do as tower operators is. If firefighters on the ground are fighting a fire and the wind changes suddenly, they can be stuck in what's known as a 'dead man zone' - and the wind information that fire tower operators can provide is truly a lifesaving act.

Solitary but not alone - Owen Smith, Fire Tower Operator ( pdf ) 983 KB

“I was the first to call in the Dunalley fires. I was up here, and I saw it come up from where it began in Forcett and I just saw this plume of smoke come up… they don’t usually start like that and I knew it was big. I called it in right away and locals had also reported it."

Eyes on the south east - McGregor's Peak Fire Tower ( pdf ) 1.29 MB

Every fire tower is different but, even by that standard, McGregor’s Peak fire tower is unusual. Where the main purpose of every other tower is to provide a 360-degree view of the surrounding landscape, McGregor does not sit on the very summit of the hill and overlook Tasmania horizon to horizon.

Planning Guidelines for Apiary Values ( pdf ) 223 KB

STT and TBA

Complaint Resolution Procedure ( pdf ) 245 KB

Sustainable Yield Report July 2017 ( pdf ) 450 KB

Tasforests Volume 17 - the Evolution of Forest Health Surveillance in Tasmania ( pdf ) 1.23 MB

Tasforests Volume 19 - Eucalypt Growth-ring Research and Tree Ages at Warra 17B, Southern Tasmania ( pdf ) 3.53 MB

Tasforests Volume 15 - Measuring Tall Tree Heights From the Ground ( pdf ) 198 KB

Tasforests Volume 17 - Effect of Cultivation Method on the Early Growth of Pinus Radiata on a Low-quality site in North-eastern Tasmania ( pdf ) 470 KB

Tasforests Volume 18 - Safety and Productivity at the Warra Silvicultural Systems Trial ( pdf ) 821 KB

Tasforests Volume 16 - Fire-atributes Categories, Fire Sensitivity, and Flammability of Tasmanian Vegetation Communities ( pdf ) 109 KB

Tasforests Volume 18 - Aggregated Retention and Macrofungi: A Case Study From the Warra LTER Site, Tasmania ( pdf ) 1.04 MB

Tasforests Volume 19 - A Climate Analysis of the Current and Potential future Eucalyptus Nitens and E. Globolus Plantation Estate on Tasmanian State Forest ( pdf ) 1.77 MB

Tasforests Volume 17 - Design and Construction of a Small, Low Cost, Low Temperature Timber-drying Kiln ( pdf ) 1,005 KB