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Entries Tagged as 'Forests, Farms, Fish & Environment'

Aerial baiting of wild dogs

February 25th, 2011 · 3 Comments

Warning – do not look at the photos below if you choose to turn a blind eye to the savage and wanton slaughter by wild dogs At last there is accelerated action over the control of wild dogs. The new Victorian Liberal Government has announced aerial baiting will commence in the immediate future. Quite predictably, [...]

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Tags: Forests, Farms, Fish & Environment · Government & political

Roadside native vegetation kills

March 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Whilst the objective of roadside vegetation is laudable, the native vegetation legislation is badly flawed in design and atrocious in implementation. Native roadside vegetation looks good. It gives the impression that the whole surrounding land is vegetated and running with little animals when in fact it encircles the open farmlands. It does provide an environment [...]

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Tags: Bushfires & the environment · Forests, Farms, Fish & Environment

Forest fuel reduction – keep it simple

March 26th, 2009 · No Comments

There have been a number of letters to the editors of papers over the last month,  where the blame for the recent devastating fires has been  put down to climate change, the drought or the weather conditions which prevailed on 7 February 2009.  The fact is that climate change and  drought do not cause fires [...]

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Tags: Bushfires & the environment · Forests, Farms, Fish & Environment

Wilderness Society irrational & irresponsible

March 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Whilst most of us are environmentalists, it is the degree to which we worship! Most of us who live in rural environments, know the environment, respect it and love it. That is why we are here. We are pragmatic and practical, understanding that our lives depend upon our forests, our farms, our rivers and our [...]

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Tags: Business & doing business · Forests, Farms, Fish & Environment