Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service is the Tasmanian Government agency responsible for managing protected areas in Tasmania, such as national parks, historic sites and regional reserves. Historically,
Lake Pedder in 1970 before it was flooded, part of Lake Pedder National Park from 1955 and Southwest National Park from 1968. The furore surrounding the flooding led directly to the formation of the National Parks and Wildlife Service, the forerunner of Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service.