Jesse Webster Email & Phone Number

Newstead, Tas, Au

Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Jesse works with many stakeholders in Tasmania’s northern NRM region to help reduce threats to water quality and ecological health that are linked to the Tamar Estuary and Esk Rivers (TEER) catchments. Jesse is the program manager responsible for the delivery of the River Health Action Plan funded through the Launceston City Deal. He oversees the implementation of the Tamar Action Grants within the dairy and grazing industries as well as the Sewage Intrusion Program which investigates the separated stormwater system around Launceston. Jesse also provides technical advice and support to partners of the Northern Tasmanian Stormwater Program and helps to facilitate implementation of Water Sensitive Urban Design and improved Sediment & Erosion Control practices at the regional and municipal level.

Launceston, Australia

Launceston, Tasmania

As the Stormwater Officer, Jesse facilitates the Northern Tasmanian Stormwater Program (NTSP) which helps Local Government to manage threats to water quality and ecological health that are linked to stormwater pollution. A key role of the NTSP is to facilitate improved implementation of Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) and improved sediment and erosion control practices on construction sites across the region. With erosion becoming more prevalent across the catchment, Jesse's other role as Catchment Officer is to reduce the sediment loads into the Tamar Estuary by educating landholders, community groups and industry as well as local Government about the importance of fencing out stock, improving or restoring riparian vegetation to reduce riverbank erosion. Jesse also facilitates small grant funding to provide technical advice, engineering solutions, riparian fencing and revegetation as well as off-stream water infrastructure for stock to reduce the effects of riverbank erosion along the many thousands of kilometres of river leading into the Tamar Estuary.

Hollybank, Tasmania

As a Canopy Guide Jesse's role was to provide an educational and adrenaline filled experience utilising the magnificent old and new growth forests around Hollybank, located just a short drive from Launceston. As a canopy guide at Hollybank Treetops Adventure Jesse provided a unique and exhilarating adventure into this spectacular world. While on tour with Jesse he combines the adrenaline rush of a high-wire zipline ride with an informative and highly entertaining outlook of the forest.

Adelaide, South Australia

Environmental science is a multidisciplinary academic field that integrates physical, biological and information sciences to find solutions of environmental problems. While studying environmental science i worked on subjects like the understanding of earth processes, evaluating alternative energy systems, pollution control and mitigation, natural resource management, and the effects of global climate change. My degree also included the social, economic and environmental interactions that shape our society ans how sustainability needs to be incorporated into every day life.

My main project as the Environmental Vacation Student was to create a Stormwater Management Plan for the Birkenhead site, which included a stormwater audit and harvesting proposal. The cost effective concept and design of pollution control structures for stormwater run-off within the site was also one of my projects. I was responsible for a weekly stack report to the EPA. I also kept the environmental website updated and attended a quarterly community meeting. Adelaide Brighton Cement is looking to expand their wetland area, in which I was included in the consultation and design. Throughout my time at Adelaide Brighton I researched and reported on previous and proposed environmental projects, giving a presentation at the end of my stay.