G'day all
Made some inquiries about Birds Australia's position on the Port Botany
container terminal expansion which will enclose Penrhyn Estuary and Botany
Beach.
This was Phil Straw's response.
Cheers
Mark Whittaker
Hi Ken, Mike and Mark,
The NSW Wader Study Group will be making a submission soon and sending dot
points to other bird clubs and individuals in case they would like to
respond. Basically the north side of Botany Bay is highly degraded as far as
waders are concerned and getting worse each year. If the Port was to go
ahead without compensatory measures it would be the final nail in the coffin
for several species in the Bay (those that only use northern part of the
Bay).
With the large-scale habitat construction proposed by Sydney Ports
Corporation the situation should be greatly improved for these species. The
main thing is to make sure SPC live up to their commitment, extend their
monitoring program to 10 years, provide interpretative facilities for the
public and schools without disturbing the birds, and prepare habitat
elsewhere if the birds don't take to the new habitat. The alternative, 2nd,
site should be identified and assessed before any work commences.
I will include you all in the mailing list when we have prepared a
submission and dot points.
Phil Straw
Phil Straw
Chairman, NSW WSG
To: Phil Straw; Mike Weston
Subject: Fw: Port Botany Expansion
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