![Tasmania: Tamar River Dredging Plan Back on Table]()
According to examiner.com, dredging is back on the Launceston Flood Authority’s radar. New authority chairman Alan Birchmore, who comes with a background in port dredging, said it had a role to play in managing the Tamar River which is annually choked with 60 per cent more silt than in pre-European settlement days. The Examiner reports [...]
![Study: Dredging Will Not Solve Tamar River Silt Problem (Tasmania)]()
According to The Conversation, excessive siltation in Tasmania’s Tamar River has been directly linked to human-induced changes in the tidal system and will not be cleared by dredging alone. Researchers from Monash University have attributed the silt build-up to the human alteration of wetlands for housing development, architecture and hydroelectric production. Siltation has been a [...]
![Australia: Launceston Flood Authority Chiefs Bust Myths on Tamar River Floods]()
Launceston Flood Authority chiefs present new information on how the Tamar River works and what will be a controversial view for many on the… BY ALISON ANDREWS (examiner) Source: examiner, May 25, 2011;
![Liberal Government Set to Pour Funds into Tamar River Dredging (Tasmania)]()
A Federal Liberal government would immediately make available $2.5 million for emergency dredging of the Tamar. BY ALISON ANDREWS (examiner) Source: examiner, April 11, 2011
![Tasmania: Liberals Push for Tamar River Dredging]()
The state government will be pushed today to deliver on its promised $6.4 million funding for dredging in the Tamar River. BY ALISON ANDREWS (examiner) Source: examiner, April 5, 2011
![Minister Pushes for Tamar River Dredging (Tasmania)]()
The Labor-Green Government has been left with no choice but to listen to the cries for help from Tasmanians, and immediately recommence… By Victor P Taffa (southernthunderer) Source: southernthunderer, March 9, 2011
![Tamar River Dredging Project Causes Confusion (Tasmania)]()
Questions have been raised over whether environmental permits for Tamar River dredging have been required in the past. Launceston Flood … BY ALISON ANDREWS (examiner) Source: examiner, January 28, 2011;
![Tasmania: Officials to Speed Up Tamar River Dredging Permit Procedure]()
State government and Launceston Flood Authority personnel have identified ways this week to short cut the Tamar dredging permit procedure… BY ALISON ANDREWS (examiner) Source: examiner, January 21, 2011;
![Tasmania: Tamar River Dredging Needs More Permits]()
Most of the promised $1 million from the state government to deal with Tamar River silt will be swallowed up in new sampling and permit … BY ALISON ANDREWS (examiner) Source: examiner, January 13, 2011;
![Australia: Tamar River Dredging Project Needs More Permits]()
Dredging to reduce silt in the Tamar estuary will not start until at least June because more permits are needed. Launceston Flood Authority… (examiner) Source: examiner, December 9, 2010;
