Thread: More NP's declared

Originally Posted by VladTepes

Another "look how green we are" government National Parks declaration.


New parks to protect river red gums

Anyone know these areas ?

Implications for off-roaders ?

The Barmah Forrest, doesn't really affect off roaders, but it will affect campers, fishers, and nice days out by the river.

.............and of course the cattlemen !!!!!!

Four new national parks will be created along the Murray River system to protect Victoria's river red gums, it was announced on Tuesday.
The new parks will be declared along the Murray, Goulburn and Ovens rivers, taking the region's total conservation area to 160,000 hectares.
The areas will no longer be able to be logged for timber.
The state government will spend $38 million over four years to create the parks and help timber communities adjust.
"Climate change and drought mean the river red gums are in trouble, with estimates that as many as 75 per cent of trees on some stretches of the Murray are either dead or dying," Victorian premier John Brumby said.
"We have to take action to protect this precious heritage, but in doing so we also have to take a balanced approach that supports local communities and protects and enhances recreational opportunities in these regions."
The four parks will be known as the Lower Goulburn River National Park, Warby-Ovens National Park, Gunbower National Park and Barmah National Park.

No doubt the area which has 75% of trees in trouble are the bits where they've logged.

I guess it means that there are more areas which will be locked up to all and everybody to enhance the recreational opportunities for bushwalkers and photographers. This will be later exacerbated after the first 6 months when the $38,000,000 turns out to be $380,000 (economic climate!) runs out and the parks are then locked off because the NPWS cant afford to look after it and it is deemed to be unsafe due to dead fall. After this the exotic weeds will start to overgrow as the natives get run down and vermin move in. Fox's will provale and start killing nearby graziers stock and feral pigs will start uprooting any crops. Gulls will migrate and eat the rice and seeds also. The farmers will tolerate 5 years of hardship until they reach a crisis point where they are no longer viable and their irrigaation doesn't work either as it keeps getting blocked with Carp. They collectively move to bring the NPWS before the courts for neglecting to control vermin and the subsequent effects to their property and loss of income. The government will then sell the land back to the logging companies very quietly after generating a media smokescreen.... such as why bullbars should be banned in urban areas. By then there will be so much deadfall and vegetation that the area will be unusable on the land and the river will be snagalicious.

Well.... thats my prediction.

great more green land were people cant walk their dogs

Did you see how much NP are going to spend????? OMG!

I've camped along the Murray a few times ... some great spots along there.

I have also observed certain other groups there behaving like idiots, so this is what will happen.

Yup, its really nice at Deniliquin too, where I once lived.

Actually, nice is on a houseboat, in the spa, drinking, eating and enjoying good company and the warn sun. hmmmmm.....

Originally Posted by dullbird

great more green land were people cant walk their dogs

no dogs allows in NP's

Originally Posted by weeds

no dogs allows in NP's

Exactly her point...