The depiction of zones as defined under the PWS Management Zoning Policy for reserves where PWS is the managing authority and a statutory management plan is not in place. PWS manages over 800 reserves reserved under the Nature Conservation Act 2002 and managed under the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002. While statutory management plans have been prepared for most of the national parks and higher use reserves, many reserves do not have a plan to guide their management. The General Plan for reserves and associated zoning seeks to provide that guidance and direction. A core function of management plans is to establish zoning, in order to guide use and development. The zones in this dataset comply with the requirements of the PWS General Plan for Reserves, as well as the PWS Zoning Policy. As per the PWS Zoning Policy, the zone categories include; Visitor Services, Utilities, Recreation, Protection and Natural. The creation of interim zones was a computer generated process underpinned by the input and analysis of spatial data and then interpretation and refinement of the zone boundaries by professional staff to produce the final zones in the GIS. Input spatial data was sourced from the PWS GIS and Asset Management Systems, DPIPWE Natural and Cultural Heritage Divisions, Natural Values Atlas, Mineral Resources Tasmania and Land Tasmania's The LIST. Business rules were documented to guide PWS staff on which spatial datasets are sourced and how they are utilized in the zoning process to create each of the zone boundaries. This process has been encapsulated into a series of ArcGIS models that are executed on a desktop GIS. The models have been documented into technical business rules to guide GIS staff to rerun the model if required, eg. when source data substantially changes. Links to the business rules and policy documents can be found below. This also includes descriptions and intent of the zone categories. Reserve Management Zoning Policy - http://workspace-dpipwe.icognition.com.au/?urilist=1r608816 General Plan for Reserves Policy - http://workspace-dpipwe.icognition.com.au/?urilist=1r6705232 General Plan Business Rules for Zoning PWS Reserves - http://workspace-dpipwe.icognition.com.au/?urilist=1r6704439

The location of reserves and crown land as depicted in the PWS Asset Management System (AMS) where PWS or PWS (Crown) is the managing authority. Reserves classes include conservation area, game reserve, state reserve, nature reserve, historic site, national park, nature recreation area and regional reserve. Crown land includes future potential production forest land and some unallocated crown land parcels and public reserves. View Dataset (permission required): https://maps.thelist.tas.gov.au/listmap/app/list/map?bmlayer=3&layers=2408 AMS Data Structure: https://listdata.thelist.tas.gov.au/public/PWS_AMS_Data_Structure.pdf

This layer is the result of a wilderness mapping project that was undertaken by the Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS) in 2005. The scope of the project was the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) and some adjoining areas considered to be of high conservation area. The project driver was to fulfill a requirement of the 1999 TWWHA Management Plan (p94); "Develop an enhanced methodology for the quantification of wilderness which more accurately reflects the Tasmanian situation eg. incorporates the effect of the three dimensional nature of the terrain on viewfields and deals systematically with the effects of walkers' huts and walking tracks". The methodology followed the guidelines of the National Wilderness Inventory (NWI) which was developed by the Australian Heritage Commission in the late 1980s and early 1990s to identify wilderness quality across Australia. The methodology is described in detail in the NWI Handbook of Procedures, Content and Usage (Lesslie and Taylor 1995). See hyperlink below for notes on the NWI from the Australian Heritage Commission website. The plan notes (p92) that this is likely to involve the implementation of a modified version of the NWI methodology. However, it does not restrict the PWS to the use of this methodology. The objective of the first phase of the project (Module 1) was to use the existing NWI methodology to assess wilderness values in the WHA and in specified adjacent areas, based on the latest available information on roads, walkers, huts and similar infrastructure. In the second phase (Module 2), wilderness was to be assessed using revised criteria taking into account walkers' huts, tracks and time-remoteness. The assessment of viewfields has been postponed to a future study. The business processes, input data, spatial analysis and results are described in the project methodology document, available in the hyperlink below. The wilderness quality layer is a coverage that represents the level of naturalness and remoteness based on the proximity of physical intrusions and infrastructure. The study did not consider social aspects. View dataset: https://maps.thelist.tas.gov.au/listmap/app/list/map?bmlayer=3&layers=2406 Project methodology: https://listdata.thelist.tas.gov.au/public/TWWHA%20Wilderness%20Value%20Assessment%202005.pdf Project report: https://listdata.thelist.tas.gov.au/public/TWWHA_Wilderness_Mapping_Report_2005.pdf Commonwealth NWI methodology: http://www.environment.gov.au/node/20141

This layer is the result of a wilderness mapping project that was undertaken by the Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS) in the mid 1990's. The scope of the project was the landmass of Tasmania including the Bass Strait islands. The project driver was to complete work to contribute to the 1997 Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (RFA). The methodology followed the guidelines of the National Wilderness Inventory (NWI) which was developed by the Australian Heritage Commission in the late 1980s and early 1990s to identify wilderness quality across Australia. The methodology is described in detail in the NWI Handbook of Procedures, Content and Usage (Lesslie and Taylor 1995). See hyperlink below for notes on the NWI from the Australian Heritage Commission website. Documentation of the business processes, input data, spatial analysis and results are not readily available, although the reference to the PLUC document below, provides a starting point. The wilderness quality layer is a coverage that represents the level of naturalness and remoteness based on the proximity of physical intrusions and infrastructure. View dataset: https://maps.thelist.tas.gov.au/listmap/app/list/map?bmlayer=3&layers=2405 Project map: https://listdata.thelist.tas.gov.au/public/AFig%2018A%20Wilderness%20Quality%201995.pdf Commonwealth NWI methodology: http://www.environment.gov.au/node/20141 Background notes, Tasmanian Public Land Use Commission (1996) https://listdata.thelist.tas.gov.au/public/PLUC_CRFA_%20supplement_to_Envt_and_Heritage_report_vol_V-background_part_C.pdf RFA reference: PLUC (Tasmanian Public Land Use Commission) 1997. Tasmania: Commonwealth Regional Forest Agreement National Estate Report. Tasmanian Land Use Commission in conjunction with the Commonwealth Forests Taskforce, Hobart.

This layer is the result of a wilderness mapping project that was undertaken by the Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS) in 2015. The scope of the project was the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) and some adjoining areas considered to be of high conservation area. The project driver was to encapsulate the level of wilderness quality of additional areas added to the TWWHA in 2013. A rerun of the previous 2005 assessment, for the TWWHA (at the 1999 boundary) allowed the project to see what changes in wilderness quality had occurred between 2005 and 2015 for existing areas of the TWWHA. The methodology utilized was the same as the wilderness quality study of 2005, see metadata on WHA Wilderness Quality 2005 (PWS), which was also based on the Commonwealth NWI (below). The methodology followed the guidelines of the National Wilderness Inventory (NWI) which was developed by the Australian Heritage Commission in the late 1980s and early 1990s to identify wilderness quality across Australia. The methodology is described in detail in the NWI Handbook of Procedures, Content and Usage (Lesslie and Taylor 1995). See hyperlink below for notes on the NWI from the Australian Heritage Commission website. The objective of the first phase of the project (Module 1) was to use the existing NWI methodology to assess wilderness values in the WHA and in specified adjacent areas, based on the latest available information on roads, walkers, huts and similar infrastructure. In the second phase (Module 2), wilderness was to be assessed using revised criteria taking into account walkers' huts, tracks and time-remoteness. The assessment of viewfields has been postponed to a future study. The business processes, input data, spatial analysis and results are described in the project methodology document, available in the hyperlink below. The wilderness quality layer is a coverage that represents the level of naturalness and remoteness based on the proximity of physical intrusions and infrastructure. The study did not consider social aspects. View dataset: https://maps.thelist.tas.gov.au/listmap/app/list/map?bmlayer=3&layers=2407 Project methodology: https://listdata.thelist.tas.gov.au/public/TWWHA%20Wilderness%20Value%20Assessment%202015.pdf Commonwealth NWI methodology: http://www.environment.gov.au/node/20141

The location of disturbed sites designated for restoration or rehabilitation back to a natural state as depicted in the PWS Asset Management System (AMS). Features are on reserved and crown land. View Dataset (permission required): https://maps.thelist.tas.gov.au/listmap/app/list/map?bmlayer=3&layers=2460 AMS Data Structure: https://listdata.thelist.tas.gov.au/public/PWS_AMS_Data_Structure.pdf

The location of the operational boundaries (or management units) for each of the three PWS regions as depicted in the PWS Asset Management System (AMS). The regions are - Northern, Northwest and Southern, each with its own regional manager. View Dataset (permission required): https://maps.thelist.tas.gov.au/listmap/app/list/map?bmlayer=3&layers=2445 AMS Data Structure: https://listdata.thelist.tas.gov.au/public/PWS_AMS_Data_Structure.pdf

The location of quarries, gravel/borrow pits and associated infrastructure such as adits, shafts and sluice channels as depicted in the PWS Asset Management System (AMS). The majority of included features are owned and/or managed by PWS, although some that are of strategic interest to PWS are also included. Infrastructure is on reserved and crown land. View Dataset (permission required): https://maps.thelist.tas.gov.au/listmap/app/list/map?bmlayer=3&layers=2385 AMS Data Structure: https://listdata.thelist.tas.gov.au/public/PWS_AMS_Data_Structure.pdf