Jerrabomberra Wetland Management Plan?

["martin butterfield" <>]

Well, this has pressed few buttons with me.  And I know I have said this before, but that hasn't stopped me yet.  The business about Canberra International Airport (can I borrow your cup Mark?) is a complete furphy of the first water.  Reading the offending report says that there has never been a case of birdstrike involving water birds - BUT THERE MIGHT BE!!  Shades of WMDs!

 

I realise that expecting either the State or Commonwealth agencies concerned to display logic is in itself illogical.  However I look forward to presenting to a COG meeting an image of Jamaica Bay in relation to JFK Airport and some photos of the 1000s of Geese and ducks that winter in the Bay.  I have also spoken with the Ranger of the refuge about how they manage things - very succesfully.

 

Also how many gulls etc roost in Botany Bay?  How many birdstrikes have there been at Moruya Airport where the planes take off over flocks of up to 200 black swans?

 

Enough kvetching already, but if this bad report continues to be the bogeyman nothing will happen to overturn it! 

 

Martin

 

On 1/16/07, Mark Clayton <> wrote:

Sorry Peter, but I think we have had this conversation before. I would
imagine that the answer would be a resounding NO as it is far too close to
that other magnificent national icon, The Canberra International Airport
........... (excuse me while I throw up into an airport plastic cup) .......
Now where was I? Oh yes, Jerrabombera Wetlands. Anything that has the
potential to bring in large flying birds is definitely a "nono". However
what the powers that be could do is remove the barbed wire fence from the
middle of Kellys and do a little bit of soil removal from the centre of the
pond to deepen them slightly, then remove the Blackberry and other weeds
from the small islands. I have also said before bring back the cattle to
graze/trample/ plough the edges of the swamp as this was the condition of
the swamp when I saw Painted Snipe there many years ago. As For the
Australian or ACT Governments taking notice of the IUCN listings for species
you must be joking - have a good look (and laugh) at the Federal
Government's EPBC Act. The last time I looked, admittedly several years ago,
it listed the "Helmeted Honeyeater" as a "Migratory Species"..... enough
said, don't get me started on that!

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Milburn [
Sent: Tuesday, 16 January 2007 11:58 AM
To: m("canberrabirds.org.au","canberrabirds");">
Subject: [canberrabirds] Jerrabomberra Wetland Management Plan?

Does the Jerrabomberra Wetland Management Plan include upgrading the
wetlands to being an internationally important wetland and sought
after ecotourism destination by expanding the system of marshes to
create a haven for Australian Bittern, creating shallow lagoons that
would be ideal habitat for Australian Painted Snipe (endangered under
IUCN (1994) red list criteria), controlling water levels, installing
screens and walkways to additional hides and eliminating foxes?

Milburn
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Dr P.J. Milburn
Technical Specialist
ANU ACRF Biomolecular Resource Facility
John Curtin School of Medical Research
Australian National University
GPO Box 334
Canberra ACT 0200
'Phone +61 2 6125 4326
FAX      +61 2 6125 9533

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