The NRM South Committee

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Michael Bidwell

(June 2006 - Sept 2008)

  • State Land Management Officer, Hydro Tasmania
  • Member, Southern Tasmanian NRM Facilitators Network
  • Member, Tasmanian Government Inter-Departmental NRM Committee
  • Convenor, Tasmanian Recreational Lakes Committee
  • Member of the Southern Regional Weeds Management Committee
  • Former Member, Wellington Park Management Advisory Committee and Former Deputy Wellington Park Trust Member
  • Former Member, State Bushfire Planning Committee
  • Former Natural Resource Management Offi cer, Glenorchy City Council

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Cam Crawford

(Oct 2006 - Sept 2010)

  • Manager, Business Development and Strategy, Hobart Water
  • Former roles include Marketing and Communications for private sector and government.
  • Combined Bachelor of Science (Geography), Bachelor of Laws, GAICD

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Dr. Christine Crawford
(Feb 2005 – Sept 2008)
  • Program Leader (Natural Resource Management), Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute
  • Recipient of the Vice-Chancellors Award for Outstanding Community Engagement, 2005
  • Extensive experience in research, development and management of coastal, estuarine and marine environments
  • Ecological consultancy experience

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Dr Hans Drielsma
(Jan 2003 – Sept 2008)
  • Executive General Manager, Forestry Tasmania
  • Director, Australian Forestry Standard and CRC Forestry
  • Former Managing Director, State Forests of NSW
  • Former Commissioner, Forestry Commission of NSW
  • Extensive experience in forest policy and management

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Tony Ferrier
(Jan 2003 – Sept 2010)
  • Director, Community Planning and Development, Kingborough Council
  • Former Manager, Environment and Development Services, Huon Valley Council
  • Board Member, Greening Australia (Tasmania)
  • NRM South representative on the State NRM Council
  • Extensive statutory planning experience and previous broad NSW State agency experience in catchment and public
    land management
  • Tertiary qualifications in Natural Resources, Urban and Regional Planning and Surveying

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Rodney Gibbins

(Oct 2006 - Sept 2010)

  • Former Chair or President of TAC, TAEA, TALSC
  • A partner in developing natural resource management plans through TALSC, ATSIC and OAA over the past 20 years
  • Involved in developing Ask First booklet regarding development and impacts on Aboriginal culture and heritage
  • Led the consultation between State Government and Aboriginal community regarding the first State Coastal Policy and the Arthur-Pieman Management Plan

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Steven Godfrey
(Sept 2008– Sept 20012)

  • General Manager (Information and Land Services) DPIW

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Roger Howlett
(Jan 2003 – Sept 2008)
  • Former General Manager, Clarence City Council
  • Member of Tasmanian Heritage Council
  • Member Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal
  • Commissioner Resource Planning and Development Commission
  • Former Chair, Tasmanian Envirofund Assessment Panel
  • Extensive experience in Local Government land use and strategic planning in Tasmania, NSW and UK
  • Masters of Town and Country Planning, Economics degree

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Alice Johnson
(Feb 2005 - Sept 2008)

  • Strategic and Statutory Planner, GHD Pty Ltd
  • Former Executive Offi cer, Water Resources Division of DPIW
  • Several years of legal and administrative experience, Tasmania and UK
  • Bachelor of Arts (Environmental Studies), Bachelor of Laws, Graduate Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning
  • Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor, Supreme Court of Tasmania

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Dr Christine Mucha (Chair)
(Jan 2003 – Sept 2010)
  • Chief Executive Offi cer, Hobart Water
  • Chair, Wellington Park Management Trust
  • Board member of Tasmanian Environment Protection Authority, Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and
    University Foundation
  • Fellow Australian Institute of Company Directors
  • Corporate Leader of the Year in the 2006 Tasmanian Business Leaders Awards
  • Tertiary qualifications in agricultural science and agricultural economics, experience in agriculture and management of natural resource

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Helen Pryor
(Jan 2003 – Sept 2010)
  • Coordinator of the Environment Challenge website for Sustainable Living Tasmania
  • Former Project Offi cer with Parks and Wildlife Service developing management plans for offshore islands
  • Extensive community involvement with Tasmanian Environment Centre (now Sustainable Living Tasmania), Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Coastal and Marine Network, New Town Rivulet Catchment Care Group,
    Friends of Port Cygnet
  • Extensive involvement with program management and public policy through National Estate Grants, National Landcare Program Assessment Committee, State Land and Water Management Council, Sustainable Development Advisory Council, NHT and Envirofund State Assessment Panel
  • Bachelor of Education

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Dr Rosemary Sandford

(Oct 2006 - Sept 2010)

  • Research Fellow (Policy), Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre
  • Former Director, Tasmanian Heritage Office
  • Former Senior Policy Adviser to the Premier of Tasmania
  • Joint Chair, Global Climate Change Collaborative (G3C)
  • Member of Birds Tasmania and South Hobart Progress Association
  • Involved in establishing Landcare in Tasmania
  • Extensive experience in environmental policy and conflict resolution, Natural Resource Management, and integrating climate science in public policy and government decision making

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Maria Weeding
(Jan 2003 – Sept 2010)
  • Farmer in Southern Midlands
  • Landcare Program Manager, Southern Midlands Council
  • Landcarer of the Year (2001)
  • Treasurer & Member, Midlands Tree Committee Inc.
  • Member, Local Government Association of Tasmania Climate Change Reference Group
  • Member, State Biodiversity Committee (1999), (developed Tasmania’s Nature Conservation Strategy)
  • Chair, Interim Southern Technical Reference Group (2002), (managed contract for Southern Regional NRM Situation Paper)
  • Former Member & Secretary, Board of Greening Australia (Tasmania)
  • Former Member, State Threatened Species Community Review Committee

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Ian Whyte

(Oct 2006 - Oct 2010)

  • Senior Project Officer (Policy), Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association, (responsible for policy development and Government relations in NRM and environment protection)
  • Former Executive Officer (NRM), Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association
  • Former CEO, Forest Industries Association of Tasmania
    Various operational and management roles in private sector forestry in Tasmania (1980–95)
  • Director, Board of the South Eastern Nursing and Home Care Association
  • Member of Institute of Foresters of Australia
  • Fellow Australian Institute of Company Directors
 
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