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BONUS 4 | The schoolboy activist: Kevin Keirnan

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BONUS 4 | The schoolboy activist: Kevin Keirnan

The Lake Pedder campaign changed the course of a young Kevin Kiernan's life. His passion for the Tasmanian landscape saw him go from schoolboy activist to studying geomorphology and rediscovering Kutakina cave.

In this extended interview, Kevin shares the lessons he learned as an activist and environmentalist through the Pedder and Franklin campaigns.

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Host: Jo Lauder 

Supervising Producer: Bethany Atkinson-Quinton 

Producer: Piia Wirsu 

Executive Producer: Clare Rawlinson  

Additional Production, Research and Fact-checking: Tynan King 

Editorial Policy Advisors: Jane Connors and Bridget Caldwell-Bright 

Editorial Support: Tim Roxburgh, Ruby Schwartz 

Sound Engineering: John Jacobs 

Original Music: Casey Holford 

Digital Team: Michael Dulaney, Rosanna Ryan, Anna Levy

Production Management: Brigit Berger, Alison Barclay 

News Archive Sources ABC News, The Wilderness Society, Libraries Tasmania 

Audio Studios manager: Monique Bowley 

Manager Radio National: Cath Dwyer 

Show art image includes Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend, by Peter Dombrovskis via the National Library of Australia 

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Hobart, Environmental Impact, Environment
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