James Doogue

Environmentalis ts opposed controlled cool burning which was done on a 5 to 8 year rotational basis two or three decades ago. This was similar to the rational burning practiced by indigenous Australians over thousands of years.

The environmentalis ts say the forrest's should be locked up in their natural state, that controlled burning destroys the natural habitat of flora and fauna.

When fires are started by lightening, or intentionally or accidentally by humans, they burn hotter and more destructively compared to forests where the fuel on the ground has been controlled.

In cooler burning fires, animals, reptiles and insects survive in the tops of trees, in rock crevices, underneath bark, in creek beds and open areas. In the environmentally enforced high fuel fires, most creatures and much of the flora is decimated.

Cooler burning fires can be stopped and property and wildlife protected by cutting fire breaks, back burning and water bombing. Fires where fuel litter has been uncontrolled burn too hot and move too fast for any human intervention to control them.

Environmentalis ts have consistently argued against the building or extending of dams for water storage and flood mitigation. There is not a single dam in existence which environmentalis ts have supported. Consequently Australia has not built a substantial dam in the last couple of decades despite massive population growth.

In times of drought we have insufficient water storage to provide for agriculture or to maintain the flows of rivers. Entire river ecosystems die.

In times of exceptionally heavy rains we have insufficient flood mitigation leading to the destruction of natural habitat, buildings and infrastructure and the death of wildlife, farm animals and sometime humans.

It's about time our politicians grew a back-bone and stood up the the noisy, aggressive, environmental activists, and did what's best for the community and the environment in the long term.

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