News - 13 May 2018
You and your parks
356,000 hectares of forest reserves could be logged including around five popular national parks. Help us fight it.
In the US, areas of outstanding natural importance become 'national monuments'. In Tasmania, national parks are just as popular and important. Places like Douglas-Apsley, Ben Lomond, Tasman and Wielangta allow us, whether visitor or resident, to enjoy the freedom the state's precious, world-class natural heritage represent.
Sadly, instead of these five national parks and reserves being expanded, the areas around them could all be logged. People living and working in these areas don't want to go back to logging, log trucks, destruction and division. They know these trees are worth more standing than felled.
- Find out more about the reserves that are due to be logged here.
- See the reserves for yourself on the government's powerful mapping tool.
How you can help
- Visit the areas that are threatened and tell people about them, to raise awareness.
- Tell elected representatives that to put people and parks before logging.
- Enrol to vote!
Ben Lomond National Park
The nearest national park to Launceston, Ben Lomond's alpine plateau forms one of the state's most iconic parks.
Sadly, thousands of areas around it could be logged if Will Hodgman gets his way.
The locals don't want this. In fact, people living and working locally know how much better the ares would be if these logging zones became part of a new, enlarged national park.
Break O'Day National Park
Break O'Day National Park is known for its rich forests that blanket the hills around St Mary's on Tasmania's north-east coast.
Sadly, thousands of areas around it could be logged if Will Hodgman gets his way.
The locals don't want this. In fact, people living and working locally know how much better the ares would be if these logging zones became part of a new, enlarged national park.
Douglas-Apsley National Park
Located on the east coast, Douglas-Apsley is one of the state's most popular and varied national parks.
Sadly, thousands of areas around it could be logged if Will Hodgman gets his way.
The locals don't want this. In fact, people living and working locally know how much better the ares would be if these logging zones became part of a new, enlarged national park.
Tasman National Park
Like a microcosm of Tasmania itself, Tasman National Park has probably the most varied coastline of any of the state's national parks.
Sadly, thousands of areas around it could be logged if Will Hodgman gets his way.
The locals don't want this. In fact, people living and working locally know how much better the ares would be if these logging zones became part of a new, enlarged national park.
Wielangta Nature Reserve
Wielangta Nature Reserve is the closest nature reserve of its kind to Hobart, and forms a springboard to the rest of the east-coast and Tasman Peninsula to the south.
Sadly, thousands of areas around it could be logged if Will Hodgman gets his way.
The locals don't want this. In fact, people living and working locally know how much better the ares would be if these logging zones became part of a new, enlarged national park.
