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‘We need to acknowledge these rivers are in danger’

Conservationist Todd Walsh has spent most of his life trying to protect the habitat of Tasmania’s giant freshwater crayfish. But he reckons there’s still a long way to go – like admitting Tassie’s “clean, green” status isn’t 100 per cent true.

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