Re: HELP, our garden is in danger
Dear all,
I've sent a letter of support for Gay as she requested below. Please take a
couple of minutes to do the same. Some international support and outrage
will carry more weight than national voices. This clearfelling is a criminal
destruction and wanton slaughter of native animals.
Margaret.
----- Original Message -----
From: Gay Klok <gklok@trump.net.au>
To: <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 9:40 AM
Subject: HELP, our garden is in danger
> This is a copy of a letter I sent to our
> largest daily newspaper "The Mercury".
>
> Yesterday, I was interviewed at
> "Kibbenjelok" by a feature reporter and
> photographer. Simon wants to place an
> article in the Sunday newspaper [our
> largest newspaper] and thought it may be a
> good idea to include the thoughts of my
> gardening friends from around the World
>
> Briefly this is what will happen: The
> land next to our country property was sold
> a few months ago [due to domestic trouble]
> and the new owner has leased the forest
> area to the Forestry Dept. to clear fell,
> wood chip the Eucalyptus, then air spray
> with "Round Up" and then lay 1080 to kill
> all the fauna. The land will then be
> replanted with Eucalyptus regans and the
> whole cycle will start again. The
> boundary is very close to the creek that
> feeds our water dams that we use to
> irrigate the gardens.
>
> At the moment, there is a huge ground
> swell of protesters against these
> practices that is not only ruining our old
> growth forests all over Tasmania but
> endangering our native fauna
>
> If you decide to help, this is the
> reporter's email address. When you email
> the paper, they ask for plain text and
> your name. I don't know if Simon
> requires the same - the article should be
> printed next Sunday [our time]
>
> bevilacquas@dbl.newsltd.com.au
>
> Letters to the editor require full name
> and tel no.:
>
> mercuryedletter@dbl.newsltd.com.au
>
> Please help!!!! >
>
>
