Smithton Police are investigating a disturbance and robbery which occurred at a protest camp in the Tarkine Forest Reserve on Tuesday night.
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Protesters at the Tarkine blockade claimed they were attacked by a group of men who allegedly damaged property and terrorised a volunteer.
Police said no charges have been laid at this stage as investigations into the incident were ongoing.
Police said they received a report of five to six people entering the camp ground at 8.25pm.
"The people allegedly verbally threatened a male camper at that location," police said.
"The incident was peacefully resolved and no-one was assaulted or injured.
"Items of property that were removed from the camp will form the subject matter of a further investigation."
Tarkine Campaigner Scott Jordan claimed the men ransacked tents, urinated on property and left after stealing three fauna cameras used to monitor wildlife.
"This group of alcohol-fuelled men, one stating he was a logger who logged rainforests elsewhere in the Tarkine last January, threatened our volunteer with assault and verbally abused the man for over half an hour," Mr Jordan said.
The blockade, protesting the logging of the Tarkine's Sumac rainforest, has been in place since September 2018.
Bob Brown Foundation campaign manager Jenny Weber said the foundation called on politicians, the Tasmanian government and the Tasmanian logging industry to condemn the attack.
"We conduct ourselves peacefully all the time and consistently bear the brunt of alcohol-fuelled, politically motivated violence by anti-conservationists," Ms Weber said.
A government spokesman said, as the matter is with the police, it was not appropriate for them to comment at this time.
Tasmanian Greens senator Nick McKim described the attack on peaceful protesters as "outrageous."
"These protesters are environmental heroes standing up for our magnificent forests, and they deserve our thanks and gratitude," Senator McKim said.
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