Environment
Save Crescent Bay
Pam Fenerty
Dr Fenerty said that Crescent Bay’pristine coastal environment is one of the last wild beaches on the Tasman Peninsula that is free from road access and human impacts. The region encompasses a sensitive and complex coastal dune system, fringing woodlands, wetlands and a broad diversity of heath communities and habitat for numerous species of threatened flora and fauna, including the White-bellied Sea-Eagle, some critically endangered Leek Orchids, and the sensitive to disturbance resident Hooded Plovers.
Media Release
Save Crescent Bay – Launch
The recently formed Friends of Crescent Bay�today (Wed) officially launched their campaign to protect the pristine coastal environs of Crescent Bay on the Tasman Peninsula.
Spokesperson for the group, Dr Pam Fenerty, described the group as � concerned collective of local residents and regional conservationists working to defend the Crescent Bay coastline from inappropriate development that threatens the integrity of the Tasman National Park.
Dr Fenerty said that Crescent Bay’pristine coastal environment is one of the last wild beaches on the Tasman Peninsula that is free from road access and human impacts. The region encompasses a sensitive and complex coastal dune system, fringing woodlands, wetlands and a broad diversity of heath communities and habitat for numerous species of threatened flora and fauna, including the White-bellied Sea-Eagle, some critically endangered Leek Orchids, and the sensitive to disturbance resident Hooded Plovers.
Friends of Crescent Bay will vigorously defend the protection of this priceless public asset from being despoiled by inappropriate development�, Dr Fenerty said.� The group is particularly concerned about the potential impacts of the proposed hotel complex and the adjacent subdivision on the fringe of the national park upon the aesthetic and environmental aspects of this unique coastal region.
In support of the group’s position Dr Fenerty noted that the Tasman Council have already rejected two exclusive tourist development proposals at Crescent Bay and the grounds of refusal for the Remarkable Lodge clearly state that the proposal did not comply with the Tasmanian State Coastal Policy or the Tasman Planning Scheme. The Council also determined that the proposal was of little economic and employment benefit to the local community and the Tasman Peninsula.
The Friends of Crescent Bay believe that the current Tasman National Park boundary is inadequate and should be extended to include neighbouring land.� �We are calling on the State Government to purchase the private land adjacent to the National Park to protect the ecological integrity of the region�.