Hi Terrill,
I am interested in any comments you have
on the Port Botany EIS as a positive move to improve the situation for waders. Whether
it is making sure that the increased area for waders is maximised and waders
protected from disturbance or a solution to solving the continued decline in
the number of waders due to increased disturbance and reduction in area of
available habitat due to erosion, spread of mangroves etc. if the development
does not go ahead.
Although Botany Council and others are vehemently
against further development of Port Botany (for some very valid reasons) they
have shown zero interest in doing anything to help waders. If the “fight
to stop the development” does nothing for waders and results in further
declines, I can’t see why the birding community should be moving in this
direction. Bearing your comments in mind and having read the 10 volumes you
must have some positive suggestions of what should be done for waders whether
the port expansion goes ahead or not?
I am putting together a submission on
behalf of the NSW Wader Study Group and will make a summary available to other
bird groups through the BIGnet conservation officers if they wish to use it. I
can assure you that the waders will be coming first based on a lot a research
carried out on wader habitat management from many parts of the world.
Regards,
Phil Straw
Chairman, NSW Wader Studies Group
Vice Chairman Australasian Wader Studies
Group
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Bruce Roubin [
Sent: Thursday, 26 February 2004
7:24 PM
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Subject: FW: [BIRDING-AUS] Port
Botany container
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From:
[ On Behalf Of TERRILL NORDSTROM
Sent: Wednesday, 25 February 2004
10:34
To: birding-aus
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Port Botany
container
For the last two weeks I have been reading the
ten yes ten volume EIS for the Port Botany container development
proposal. Some birding Aus readers would have us believe that this will be the
best thing to happen to the waders of Botany Bay since ( I don't know,say the
third runway) Filling in almost 70 hectares of Botany Bay, enclosing Penrhyn
Estuary on three sides with railway lines a four lane road bridge and train
bridge operating 24-7, but there will be environmental works to off set these
works such as replanting sea grass, salt marsh and constructing wader habitat
within a enclosed Estuary. I believe that the bird clubs should become involved
with this fight and I would be happy to talk to anybody about this development.
The fight to stop this development is just about to begin.
