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Elmes claims state government lacks the will to save koalas.
Read more in the attached Noosa News article that appeared on 29 December 2009.
Koala Habitat is Threatened - Glen Elmes

Are Koala’s a good barometer of how we treat the land and nature and can you put a value on their loss? We know the population is being decimated by development and the Qld government says State Planning Policy to be introduced this year will protect koala habitats.
Deborah Tabart from the The Australian Koala Foundation [...]

One of the local community have provided these wonderful photographs taken of Koalas just on the door step where Powerlink are proposing to construct the 275kV transmission lines. These photos were taken in December 2008.

You can see on the following Google Map how close these koalas are to the proposed transmission line. (click on the [...]

The Sunshine Coast Environment Council (SCEC) is one of the Queensland environment organisations who have called for the next State Government to protect the environment and our way of life by introducing a Sustainable Population Strategy for Queensland.
More information and background can be found on their website (www.scec.org.com).
Details specifically in relation to PAGE and the [...]

There have been sightings and evidence of quoll in the Eerwah Vale / Ridgewood area. Further evidence will prove what we already know – that this is a vitally important and significant habitat for rare and endangered species.
Look out for the Northern Quoll and the Spotted Tail Quoll and let us know of any sightings [...]

The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) has warned the Queensland Government’s new koala habitat mapping project will expose the South East Queensland koala population to extinction.
AKF CEO Deborah Tabart OAM said the Queensland Government recently employed engineering consultants to undertake ‘extensive’ mapping of koala habitat in South East Queensland; mapping intended to assist in the species’ [...]

The following letter was sent to Stuart Topp, Powerlink 9 March regarding detail required on the environmental studies Powerlink undertook in the preparation of the draft EIS.
Dear Stuart
As you are aware, the residents in the Eerwah Vale and Ridgewood community take the preservation of the environment very seriously and are deeply concerned with the impact [...]

[ February 28, 2009; ] This letter from Steve Hooper appeared in the Eumundi Green, 29 January 2009.
Congratulations to the Eumundi Community Gardners’ Group for thier support of the Richmond Birdwing butterfly, which needs community assistance if it is to survive locally.

The Richmond Birdwing Recovery Network is holding a free workshop on  the butterfly and local strategies for survival on [...]

The following article appeared in the Noosa Journal this week.

Richmond Birdwing Butterfly captured on flim

The following article appeared in the Eumundi Green, 15 January 2009.
Article appeared in Eumundi Green