S.O.L.V.E. SUPPORTING OUR LOONGANA VALLEY ENVIRONMENT
A Tasmanian community opposing the unwarranted destruction of the Loongana Valley from TasNetworks High Voltage Transmission Line.
From the headwaters behind Black Bluff the life-giving force of the Kokonnenger/Leven River surges wild and free through the beautiful, forested valley of Loongana and continues to the coast at Ulverstone. Tucked in between two mountain ranges these forests host clean water catchments, karst cave systems, habitats for threatened species, and small tourism businesses attracting visitors from around the world.
Loongana Forests provide wildlife refuge from plantation and native forest logging, critical corridors between three reserves, and part of the continuous nature link from the Coast to Cradle Mountain whose rarity is something to celebrate, not destroy.
Dozens of private properties are already protected by covenants, private reserves or are Land for Wildlife. There are strong connections to this wild area from people near and far and we are committed to protecting the area for the benefit of everyone.
Loongana Forests provide wildlife refuge from plantation and native forest logging, critical corridors between three reserves, and part of the continuous nature link from the Coast to Cradle Mountain whose rarity is something to celebrate, not destroy.
Dozens of private properties are already protected by covenants, private reserves or are Land for Wildlife. There are strong connections to this wild area from people near and far and we are committed to protecting the area for the benefit of everyone.
TasNetworks badly planned overhead transmission line and cleared easements, new tracks and roading will cause irreversible, sudden and ongoing damage, to the entire upper Leven Catchment. Plowing through the entire length of the valley uphill of the karst area and crossing every waterway, ALL impacts will flow downhill, through the forests and into the Leven River.
Habitats that support over a dozen listed threatened species, already in decline, will lose previous refuge. Wedge-tailed Eagles, Tasmanian Masked Owls, Giant Freshwater Crayfish, Tasmanian Devils, Spotted-Tailed Quolls, Eastern Quolls......
Infrastructure to support renewables must not come at the price of the environment, threatened species and biodiversity.
TasNetworks' new grid isn't just bad for Loongana Valley and the environment, as part of Project Marinus it's also a bad economic plan for Tasmania.
TasNetworks' new grid isn't just bad for Loongana Valley and the environment, as part of Project Marinus it's also a bad economic plan for Tasmania.
MARINUS BUSTED! Having forensically checked the claims of economic benefit from TasNetworks’ Project Marinus, Professor Mountain (Victorian Energy Policy Centre) reveals their numbers are close to fictional.
