> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephens, Carol
> Sent: Wednesday, 20 January 1999 14:13
> To: Atzeni, Michael
> Subject: RE: Grey-crowned Babbler - a local extinction in SEQ
>
> The grass around the school (later house) has been kept mown since the
> school was established, largely as a deterrent to snakes, but also to
> reduce the risk from bushfires. Even after the school was closed in 1965
> and there followed a decade or so during which the building was not
> regularly occupied, the local community kept the area mowed, as they were
> loathe to risk losing their former school (and meeting, dance and church
> hall) to bushfires. Apart from the pony paddock, the area has never been
> used for grazing to my knowledge and is not fenced. Photographs dated
> 1905, 1930 and 1949 show the grass round the school to be short.
>
> Carol.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Hines [SMTP:
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 9:58 AM
> To: Atzeni, Michael
> Cc: 'Birding-Aus'; Stephens, Carol; 'Robinson, Doug'; 'McConnell, Pat';
> Gillbard, Dennis @ DNR
> Subject: Re: Grey-crowned Babbler - a local extinction in SEQ
>
> HAS THERE BEEN A CHANGE IN HABITAT MANAGEMENT OVER THE YEARS FROM
> GRAZING TO MOWING? Mike Hines, Point Lookout
>
>
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