Tree Clearing Rally – Planning Meeting
Posted by Peter McCallum · July 14, 2017 5:06 PM
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If you lined up 1,200 bulldozers side by side and drove them from Brisbane to Cairns then that’s equivalent to the area of trees cleared, or planned to be cleared, in Queensland since 2013.
In September Mackay Conservation Group will be holding a rally to show we care about wildlife and want new tree clearing laws in our state.
Over the past four years one million hectares of woodland and forest has been bulldozed or the landholder has notified an intention to clear. We must end this practice that is destroying forests, killing wildlife, damaging the atmosphere and increasing runoff into streams and rivers that flow to the Great Barrier Reef. We need to show politicians that people in our region care as much about tree clearing as other Queenslanders do.
To make this rally a success we’ll need people to take on some of the the big and small tasks. The first one is planning the event. If you would like to help protect our wildlife, please come along to our first organising meeting at the Mackay Environment Centre, 156 Wood St Mackay on Tuesday 18 July at 6.30pm.
You can RSVP here: http://www.mackayconservationgroup.org.au/tree_clearing_meeting_18_july_2017
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