We’re heading out to the Impoundment this November to continue our annual citizen science monitoring of the TWWHA!
As a citizen scientist, you can help collect valuable information about the flora and fauna found in Lutruwita around the Pedder Impoundment. These observations support research, conservation, and our campaign to restore Lake Pedder and the Huon and Serpentine Valleys.
Together, we’re showing how rich and important the Southwest’s biodiversity is, and why these areas need protection. This work also helps us push for Lake Pedder and the Huon and Serpentine Valleys to be recognised as a key restoration project in the UN’s Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030).
The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030) is a global call to heal the planet by protecting and restoring damaged natural areas. Across the world, communities are bringing back forests, rivers, and wetlands to support biodiversity, clean water, and climate stability. http://www.decadeonrestoration.org
Our campaign aims to have Lake Pedder and the Huon and Serpentine Valleys nominated as Australia’s flagship restoration project under this initiative — showing how rewilding a lost glacial lake can restore ecosystems, inspire national pride, and lead the way in global restoration efforts.
Lake Pedder is ready to be restored. More than 50 years after being drowned, Lake Pedder lies pristine beneath 15 meters of water. The power it contributes is just three per cent of Tasmania’s total and can easily be replaced. Concerningly, the Hydro Tasmania’s dams which drown the lake are ageing and high-risk, posing a flood risk to downstream communities.
We are now at a critical moment. The old dams impounding Pedder require $100m+ in maintenance as they are ageing and built on an active earthquake fault line. We have an opportunity to invest in restoration instead of ageing infrastructure. But we are running out of time, the Federal Government’s approval of dam works threaten our efforts.
Restoration brings hope. Restoring Lake Pedder is a chance for Tasmania to lead by example—showing how we can fix past mistakes, protect wild places, and achieve a renewable energy future. It will enhance the value of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area and enable our scientists and engineers to take on one of the world’s biggest ecological restoration projects. Lake Pedder can be a global symbol of hope that the world can turn the tide and live in balance with nature.
2025 Paddle for Pedder Gallery
Open Letter: Restore Nature, Not Concrete
This open letter calls on the Tasmanian Government to take action for nature and block the dam strengthening works which threaten to lock Lake Pedder underwater for another 80 years.
Take Action for Pedder
Support Us Financially
- Donate to the campaign to help us Pull the Plug on Pedder
- Become a member of the Lake Pedder Restoration Inc
- Leave a gift in your will for Lake Pedder
Join the Community Campaign
- Sign up to our mailing list to stay in the loop with the campaign
- Become a volunteer with the campaign
- Host a film screening of our newly released film: Pedder: The fault in Tasmania’s Wilderness
Be an Advocate
- Write to your local MP and tell them that Restoring Pedder is a critical election issue for you
- Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper
- Follow, share and support @RestorePedder on social media
For support with any of the above points of action, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Kat at lakepedder.org@gmail.com.
Watch our newly released film: Pedder.
Produced by Tabatha Badger and released in early 2024, this 33 minute documentary gives an overview of the Pedder story so far.
The Plan
In the summer of 2021-22 it will be fifty years since the water of the Serpentine Hydro impoundment swallowed the wide pinkish-white quartzite beach Lake Pedder: the wild heart of Tasmania. This coincides with the start of the United Nations Decade of Ecological Restoration 2021 to 2030 to massively scale up global action on restoration of degraded and destroyed ecosystems.
Restore Lake Pedder 