Excellent
news. This is a fine example of
people taking care of local environment issues and how much can be achieved on
a local issue which may be “relatively” small, but is an essential part of
keeping the whole “big picture” environment together.
In my
emails to the various government officials, I added the following paragraph:
Constant development of “little bits” of land fast add up to a huge loss
of habitat. We have already lost
too much through decades of taking “just a little bit”. Birds, fish and other animals have
little enough habitat as it is and removal of even a few trees may be
sufficient to break up the continuity of the habitat. The mangroves in the above area are an important part of
Queensland and Australia’s total environment and, with circumspection, we
can have both the environment and industry.
I firmly
believe that every bit counts.
Let’s make
sure we thank Steve Bredhauer and other government/official parties as well.
Irene Denton
Concord West, 12 km from Sydney city, NSW,
Australia
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Message-----
From:
[On
Behalf Of J & M Cooper
Sent: Saturday, 15 April 2000 3:53
To: Birding Aus
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] 'EAST-WEST
CONNECTOR ROAD SCRAPPED!!!
Dear Birding Aus-ers,
You may remember that
Barnes Creek, Bassett Basin,which is a declared Fish Habitat, and home to over
138 bird species was earmarked for destruction for the East/West Connector
Road.
Perseverance pays off
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From the Office of The
Minister for Transport and Minister for Main Roads
Member for Cook
14th April
2000
East West Connector
Mackay’s East West
Connector Road will not proceed, Transport and Main Roads Minister Steve
Bredhauer said today.
