Cable logging operations in old growth forest in the Styx valley have come to a halt this morning. A conservationist has climbed 20m to the top of a cable logging machine and is positioned on a platform supported by ropes connected to other logging machinery. This is preventing operation of the cable logger.
Today's Styx Valley protest will be supported in Hobart by conservationists marking and walking the boundary of cable logging coupe TN045B. The coupe boundary, taken from Forestry Tasmania's maps, has been over layered on a map of Hobart and covers most of the CBD area.
The superimposed logging coupe includes Hobart waterfront at the beginning of Davey St, the top end of Salamanca Place, stretches past St David's Park and up to the Mercure Hotel on Bathurst St. Myer and Elizabeth St Mall fall in the center of the superimposed clearfell area. CLICK ON THIS LINK TO VIEW THE HOBART CLEARFELL.
http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=104810591614740617850.000475536382bbb370da0&z=16
This logging coupe is just one of 290 that Premier Bartlett will log this finacial year.
