[News Articles]

Here you will find news articles relating to the Weld Valley from print, radio and online media.
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27.06.07: UN fear for our ancient forests (The Mercury)

26.07.06: UN orders Tasmania logging probe (ABC Online)

13.06.07: Cable logging halted (ABC Online)

18.05.07: New veneer mill opens (ABC Online)

29.03.07: Logging halted by blockade in Tasmania (AAP)

28.03.07: Logging protester fined for trespassing (ABC Online)

28.02.07: Protestors halt forestry operations (The Mercury)

20.02.07: Harvester vigil ends in arrest (The Mercury)

19.02.07: The green, green crass of home (The Mercury - editorial)

19.02.07: Forgive us our trespasses (The Mercury)

18.02.07: Weld Valley protesters ignore police caution (ABC Online)

17.02.07: Forestry fails in legal clamp (The Mercury)

17.02.07: Conservationists say Weld Valley protest to go ahead (ABC Online)

16.02.07: Forestry Tas court action fails (The Mercury Online)

16.02.07: 'Heavy-handed' logging tactics (The Mercury)

16.02.07: Conservationist avoids trespassing conviction (ABC Online)

14.02.07: Tree-top sit-in, 'cabaret' to continue (AAP)

17.12.06: Wild Ancient Forests and Pristine Rivers (Earth First! Journal)

07.12.06: Audio story about firebombing incident. click here to listen (Triple J - Hack)

04.12.06: Police deny forest protest case closed (ABC Online)

03.12.06: Firebombs hit protest camp (The Sunday Tasmanian)

03.12.06: Police investigate alleged petrol bomb attack on protesters (ABC Online)

29.11.06: Greens query protest clamp (The Mercury)

26.11.06: It's getting ugly in the forest (The Sunday Tasmanian)

24.11.06: Reluctant heroes (by Adam Burling) download as a .pdf / Adobe Acrobat file.

23.11.06: Claims Forestry workers put protester's life in danger (ABC Online)

23.11.06: Forest rally halted by police (The Mercury)

20.11.06: Brown voices support for logging protest (ABC Online)

20.11.06: Anti-logging protesters stage Weld Valley 'walk-in' (ABC Online)

17.11.06: Police break up Weld Valley blockade (Green Left Weekly)

15.11.06: Logging protesters escape criminal charges (ABC Online)

15.11.06: Police end Weld forest blockade, campaigner says (ABC Online)

07.11.06: Protesters in new blockade (The Mercury)

06.11.06: Protesters unaware of heritage boundaries, Forestry Tas says (ABC Online)

06.11.06: Weld Valley logging protest (AAP)

29.08.06: Gunns, greenies and the law (The Age)

20.08.06: Under The Canopy ("Street Stories" on Radio National - listen to the story online)

13.07.06: Activist arrested as Huon Wood Centre is targeted (The Mercury)

12.07.06: Police remove Southwood development protesters (ABC Online)

12.07.06: Activists blockade timber site (ABC Online)

08.07.06: 'Weld Cup' organisers predict win-win in Tas (ABC Online)

18.05.06: Forestry industry defends eagle protection efforts (ABC Online)

17.05.06: Police charge anti-logging protesters (ABC Online)

12.05.06: Angry forester rejects eagles' nest 'untruths' (The Mercury)

11.05.06: Logging near breeding site (The Mercury)

24.04.06: One forest, two camps (Christian Science Monitor)

14.02.06: Getting to the bottom of forest fears (The Mercury)

13.02.06: Nude anti-logging protesters target Tas Parliament (ABC Online)

24.01.06: Fears of forest face-off (The Mercury)

01.12.05: Protesters block Airwalk (The Mercury)

14 + 15.10.05: Magic Dirt's Tour Diary from The Weld Valley

15.10.05: Aussie rockers Magic Dirt visit the Weld camp (AAP)

29.09.05: Shots fired near activists' camp (Sunday Mail)

28.09.05: Add Weld to the Airwalk (The Mercury, Letter to Editor)

27.09.05: Summer of protest for Tassie's forests (The Mercury)

26.09.05: Conservationists regroup for southern forests action (ABC Online)