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The Daily Examiner, 13 March 2019, p.4:
Communities across the
Orara Valley have expressed outrage at the loss of mature trees in their
neighbourhood.
Fed up with tongoing
clearing, a community meeting has been organised for 3.30pm this Sunday at Nana
Glen Community Hall.
Posts on a number of
Facebook pages including the Glenreagh Community page reflect the growing anger
at the seemingly unregulated clearing taking place to make way for intensive
agriculture.
Tania and Gerry O’Connor
live nearby a stand of blackbutts recently taken down north of Nana Glen and
are concerned at how rapidly and irreversibly the landscape of the valley is
changing.
“The local council does
not seem to be keeping up with the fast-paced changes. It is sad to see
100-year-old trees bulldozed. When the first trees were cut across the road we
contacted council who informed us there was nothing they could do,” they said.
They contacted the
Environmental Protection Agency which stated that due to the zoning, the
clearing was legal.
“We are not against
farming, we know we live in a rural community but the system of checks and
balances seems to be outdated or non-existent.”.....
