Dear all
Does anyone know about this threat to an area of native bushland at
Olinda Grove on Mount Nelson, Tasmania?
Hobart City Council is planning to sell an area of public remnant
bushland so that it can be cleared and an aged care facility built
on it. It is a Swift Parrot feeding/breeding ground and has stands of
an endangered Eucalypt - E. ovata. I am told that not only will the
aged care facility be built on a site that is up a steep hill and out
of town, but the fire brigade is insisting on additional clearing
around the new facility as an insurance against bush fires. The
permissions for this were rushed through Council over Christmas and
have caught the locals by surprise.
Many people are spending a mass of time and money trying to bring
Swift Parrots back from the brink of extinction a with captive
breeding and surveys in Tassie, Victoria and New South Wales. How
ironic that the local council should negate these community efforts
by such a short-sighted decision which, from what I hear, is also not
the best site for the old people who will be stuck out in the bush
far from their relies.
Please could as many people as possible write to Senator Hill as
apparently the Tassie State Government has tossed the issue over to
the Federals. Also send a copy of letters to the Friends of Mount
Nelson, P.O. Box 1204, Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7005.
I'm sorry I don't have Senator Hill's email address but maybe
someone out there on Birding-aus can put it up on the network.
Thanks
--
Penny Drake-Brockman, Examination Recitals Co-ordinator, Sydney
Conservatorium of Music.
Tel: 02 9351 1254.
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