The South Sister, near St Marys is a local icon, popular tourist destination, and recreation area for the locals BUT it is earmarked for logging. Many residents and past visitors to the area are very concerned that this will have devastating effects on the biodiversity of the area, the water supply of local residents (including St Marys), damage to eco-tourism and the local economy. The Forest Practice Plan was certified in January 2005 and is deficient in many respects. It fails to assess adequately the risk of landslide should logging proceed as well as risk to water and threatened species. See the community audit presented to Forestry Tasmania in early February 2005 for more details.

There are MANY good reasons why South Sister should not to be logged. Please see the history of the campaign and other news updates to learn more about the activities since being alerted to Forestry's intention to log this area late 2003.