Greetings,
The following is forwarded from Brian Venables in Cairns. If any one would
like a copy of his letter or other info please contact me off line.
Basically the Cairns Regional Council is using an old hydrology report and
flooding earlier this year to justify the clearing of mangroves where a pair
of Rufous Owls are nesting.
"Friends,
I wouldn't ordinarily be writing to all of you like this but things are
desperate.
"We have a situation in Cairns right now where the City Council is tearing
down the Mangroves in Saltwater Creek in the Flecker Botanic Gardens. They
are doing this notwithstanding the fact the area is a fish Sanctuary and
there is a pair of Rufous Owls with chicks in a nest hollow so close to the
work as to be in danger.
"Qld Fisheries have given the OK to clear mangroves and a permit to damage
can be obtained from EPA with respect to the Rufous Owls should that be
necessary. It is all OK in Qld.
"Please read the attached Letter to the Mayor and decide for yourself if you
think this right.
"Please write to the Mayor <> yourself and give
her your thoughts and if you feel as strongly as I do contact to your
friends and ask them to write as well.
"Habitat destruction has to stop.
Brian"
Regards,
Alan Gillanders
Alan's Wildlife Tours
2 Mather Road
Yungaburra 4884
www.alanswildlifetours.com.au
Phone 07 4095 3784
Int. + 61 7 4095 3784
Mobile 0408 953 786
Alan's blog http://alanswildlife.blogspot.com/
===============================
www.birding-aus.org
birding-aus.blogspot.com
To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
send the message:
unsubscribe
(in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
to:
===============================
|
