Peter Fagan hates to talk about such places in cold economic terms, as assets. But he realises the fight to restore another wilderness jewel is going to come down to dollars. For Lake Pedder in ...

Lake Pedder was once ringed by a wide inland beach. (Supplied: Lindsay Hope)In 1967, the HEC announced plans to build a hydro-electric scheme on the Gordon River, which would involve constructing ...

The loss of Lake Pedder hardened the resolve of environmentalists, who blockaded Tasmania's Franklin river 10 years later, determined to prevent it from being dammed. This time they won the battle.

In 1972 the Hydro dammed the Gordon River, Serpentine River and the upper Huon River at Scotts Peak, flooding Lake Pedder to a depth of 15m. Originally published as Hydro cool on pulling the plug ...

Lake Pedder was flooded in 1972, after opposition from the Green movement in what is considered Tasmania's first environmental battle. The natural jewel has been the subject of a long-running ...

Tanya Plibersek has dashed hopes of Tasmania’s Lake Pedder beach being restored to its former glory, approving a dam upgrade that locks in its future flooded beneath 15m of water.

IT is a matter of time before Lake Pedder, the discarded jewel in Tasmania’s western wilderness, makes a celebrated comeback. Read Today's Paper Tributes Rewards ...

This time, the Lake Pedder Restoration Committee has developed a plan to gradually drain the 12 metres of water above Lake Pedder back into the surrounding Serpentine and upper Huon watersheds ...

“After having seen so much of Tasmania’s forest gone, it’s like being given an opportunity to have another go, to not send the last of the Huon pines the way of Lake Pedder and the Tasmanian tiger.” ...

“That is the big decision now. We are at a point where it’s not an option to do nothing. We have to decommission and remove the risk and restore Lake Pedder – or keep the impoundment and ...

A potential problem, though, is that two dams that hold in Lake Pedder sit right next to the fault line — Edgar and Scotts Peak, built using 1970s technology and with outdated knowledge of the ...

Lake Pedder, a 10 sq km glacial ... The Lake Pedder impoundment formed in 1972 covers 242 sq km and allows water from the Serpentine and Huon rivers to flow into Lake Gordon for power generation.