Liberal Leader Will Hodgman, Greens Leader Nick McKim, Franklin Labor MHA Ross Butler
and independent MLC Terry Martin join scientists and members of the Lauderdale
community featured on a DVD and internet production to be launched by Save Ralphs Bay
Inc. today.
Download a pdf version of the newsletter at: http://www.saveralphsbay.org/pdf/SRBMedia300309.pdf

Save Ralphs Bay’s recent newsletter draws the attention of the public to concerns over the Walker Corporation’s Draft Integrated Impact Statement (DIIS). The newsletter focuses on aspects of the DIIS indicating that Walker Corporation’s canal estate may not be as glossy as recent PR suggested.

Download a pdf version of the newsletter at: http://www.saveralphsbay.org/pdf/Newsletters/NewsLetterIssue16.pdf

Pages constructed to assist supporters in preparing submissions to address Draft Integrated Impact Statement.
http://www.saveralphsbay.org/submissions/submIndex.htm

THANK YOU for your fantastic support of our three SRB events over the last week or so. It was wonderful to see so many of you at the Lauderdale and South Arm Community Forums and the Rally in City Hall on Tuesday.

The Walker Corporation has recently claimed in the Tasmanian media that the Ralphs Bay Conservation Area is a thin strip of land comprising approximately 7.3 hectares which “extends only to the shoreline and does not include the tidal sandflats.” Save Ralphs Bay Inc. and Birds Tasmania reject this assertion, and wish to draw attention to the murky history of the so‐called “Ralphs Bay Conservation Area (Clarification) Act 2006.”
Download a pdf version of the media release at: http://www.saveralphsbay.org/pdf/SRBJointMedia19_03_09.pdf

Issues raised by Dr Eric Woehler at the recent Save Ralphs Bay Rally

“More than 7% of the population of Australian Pied Oystercatchers has been recorded in Ralphs Bay at one time – the area is the second-most important site for the species in Australia in terms of numbers (the most important is the far Northwest of Tasmania).” Click to download this document as a pdf: http://www.saveralphsbay.org/pdf/BirdsTasRalphsBayMar09.pdf

In a lunchtime Rally Against Canal Estates held today, over 400 Save Ralphs Bay supporters demonstrated their opposition to the Walker Corporation’s proposal to excavate 53% of the internationally significant Ralphs Bay sandflats at Lauderdale. Click here for a pdf version: http://www.saveralphsbay.org/pdf/SRBMedia17_03_09.pdf

Just a reminder of our major Rally in the City Hall this Tuesday lunchtime, 12.30 - 1.30.
We have a great lineup of inspiring speakers, including Dr. Peter Hay from UTAS, Dr. Eric Woehler from Birds Tasmania and Cassy O’Connor MHA.
Please join us, and bring your friends and colleagues.