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“THIS WILD PLACE WILL BE WILD NO MORE.”

DEFENDING THE THREATENED LOONGANA VALLEY

A small Tasmanian community network, Supporting Our Loongana Valley Environment (SOLVE), is fighting to prevent destruction caused by a proposed electricity transmission line.

It’s a sad truth that if you live in a beautiful part of Tasmania you’re either resigned to its destruction or you’re fighting to save it. In Tasmania’s northwest, remaining wild spaces face a new threat, and biodiversity hotspot Loongana Valley is at risk. In order to plug into the mainland grid, renewables companies want state-owned TasNetworks to bulldoze hundreds

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