CLARENCE VALLEY ECOLOGIST PETITIONS ENVIRONMENT MINISTER ABOUT COASTAL EMUS

Dr Greg Clancy, ecologist and Clarence Valley resident, has emailed Rob Stokes, the NSW Minister for the Environment, about a petition he has started to help save the coastal emus of the Clarence. The emus' habitat will be affected by the proposed Pacific Highway upgrade through the Clarence Valley.

A link to Dr Clancy's petition is given at the end of this post.

 I have seen transcripts and heard sections of speeches that you have recently given to various groups.  From these I get the impression that you have a genuine concern for the environment and are willing to take the necessary action to protect it.   I have started a petition to you (that will be submitted in due course) requesting that you intervene to help save the Coastal Emu in the Grafton area.  The Coastal Emu is an endangered population under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 and as such deserves serious conservation attention.  Instead the Roads and Maritime Services are planning to run the Pacific Highway upgrade directly through the habitat of the Coastal Emu.  There is an alternative route available.   I would be happy to show you the old growth forests, wetlands, riparian areas and Emu habitat that will be affected by the preferred route of the Highway upgrade.  An additional 80 threatened species of flora and fauna will be impacted by the construction.  The alternative route will have minimal ecological impact.

SAVE THE COASTAL EMU PETITION