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Bunbury residents turned out on Sunday to a second picnic to show the powers that be that they don’t want the forest at College Grove to be destroyed by developers.
“We should all be aware of the importance of this bush corridor and the endangered species living within… Their dedicated actions have highlighted the importance of the need to retain this area of forest, which not only contains the unique tuart transition zone, but is also the habitat of the threatened Western ring-tailed possum…” — Bunbury Mail
GW Forest Action: With few options left, Bunbury residents turned out to a second picnic to show the powers that be that they don’t want the forest at College Grove to be destroyed by developers.
Word has gone out on several occasions that the bulldozers were about to go in, but as yet nothing has happened.
Meanwhile protesters remain vigilant and are determined that they will stay on.
The tree platform in the forest remains occupied and the bulldozers can be sure they will be met with protest when/if they start the destruction.”
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A man known only as ‘Alan’ has been living on a platform at the top of a 30 metre tuart tree for almost two weeks. He has been joined by about five other local residents who are taking turns protesting up the tree.
The Community Independent Action Group’s spokesman, Simon Peterffy, says the platform the men are living on will be expanded so more people can be up the tree at once. “Yes it is currently being altered a little bit to accommodate more people, more space and I believe by the weekend it could be significantly developed to accommodate all the people who want to get up there and support the saving of this beautiful bush,” Mr Peterffy said.
“We want to expose Landcorp’s intent to destroy this vital section of the corridor to all Western Australians”, he said. “This is more than just a piece of bush to be flattened. It contains the rare tuart transition zone and provides habitat to a protected species which relies upon the bush for its ongoing existence”.