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HUT NEWS Issue No Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc. Issue No. 304 HUT NEWS June 2013 “Nature Conservation Saves for Tomorrow” Welcome to BMCS GENERAL MEETING Faulconbridge? Thursday 27 June, 7.30 pm The O’Farrell Conservation Hut, Wentworth Falls Government is set to change the face of Darug bush tucker and medicinal plants the City of the Blue Mountains forever. Presenter: Bundeluk The draft “Metropolitan Strategy for Sydney” is on Ever wondered if you could start your very own bush exhibition until 28 June. Read the story on page 5 tucker garden? Well-known Darug artist, tour guide and find out how to take action. and educator Bundeluk will show you how in a lively presentation which includes cuttings and pictures of Our new Planning and Development plants used by his people for countless generations. Resource Kit is online You may have seen Bundeluk selling his artworks in Leura or Springwood, or on TV or in newspapers. His The Society’s ‘Planning & Development Resource name means “Crimson Rosella”. Born at Hornsby, he Kit’ is now on our website - you will find it in the is the son of Alan and Auntie Edna Mariong Watson. ‘Resources’ menu. He has lived in the Blue Mountains since 1999, when The Kit has been developed in response to he began work as an Aboriginal Discovery Ranger for numerous enquiries about environmental and NPWS. In the same year he designed the River Of development issues in the Blue Mountains. Hands at Windsor. It is designed to help residents better understand He taught Darug culture and history for ten years at the environmental protection and planning laws, learn Brewongle Environmental Education Centre. In 2000 how development in the Blue Mountains is his art was exhibited in Milan and Hong Kong. In 1994 regulated, and take appropriate action on he lodged the first Native Title claim to land in environment-related matters. metropolitan Sydney, known as the M2 Land Claim. He The Kit gives advice on what to do in a variety of has designed and consulted on bush tucker gardens at situations - from how to report pollution and several public schools. suspected non-compliant or illegal development, to He will have bush tucker DVDs and art prints for sale at how to use the Council’s interactive maps, how to the talk. make a submission to a Development Application The meeting will be held at the Conservation Hut, and more. Fletcher Street, Wentworth Falls, starting at 7.30 pm. Please pass this message on to your friends. We Visitors are very welcome. welcome feedback on the Kit and suggestions for improvement. Nursery closed for winter Our nursery volunteers are Winter Magic Festival, Katoomba having a well-earned rest during Saturday 22nd June June and July and the nursery is closed. Sales of native plants Blue Mountains Conservation Society’s stall at this year’s Winter Magic will resume in August. Festival will be in Main Street, Katoomba, opposite the railway station and near Summit Gear. Come along to help promote the Society and spread the word about our beautiful environment and the work we do. BEAT THE TAX MAN Our stall will have information about our activities and current campaigns, June—time to beat the tax man including some petitions to be signed regarding Hands off our LEPs and and make your tax-deductible Logging in National Parks. If you can help out for any length of time during donation to Blue Mountains the day, please contact Rob Baigent 4759 3104 [email protected] Conservation Society Inc. We are also planning to participate in the parade so all welcome! Contact Cheques please to The Treasurer, Tara Cameron 0419 824 974 [email protected] PO Box 29, Wentworth Falls 2782 or go to www.bluemountains.org.au/ donations.shtml Printed on Australian-made 100% Recycled Paper Hut News, No. 304, June 2013— Page 1. “Hut News”, the newsletter of “Hands off our LEPs!” - 100+ Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc. P.O. Box 29, Wentworth Falls, 2782 people at public meeting Phone 4757 1872 More than a hundred people attended Email: [email protected] the Society’s public meeting at Web page: www.bluemountains.org.au Lawson on 5 May to hear about President:: Peter Ridgeway: 0401 481 037 progress on the draft Blue Mountains [email protected] Local Environmental Plan (LEP). The Senior Vice President: Tara Cameron current LEPs 1991 and 2005 are 0419 824 974 [email protected] Second Vice President:: Don Morison being revised and consolidated to 8230 2116 [email protected] make them consistent with the NSW Treasurer: Bart Beech 4739 9947 government mandated one-size-fits- [email protected] all Standard LEP format. Administration Officer: Wes Maley 4757 3942 [email protected] The meeting gave almost unanimous Bushcare Officer: VACANT support to three resolutions calling Environmental Educatlion Officer: firstly on Blue Mountains City Council Gary Humble 4784 1648 0427 841 078 to improve communication to residents [email protected] about the LEP review process, secondly, to ensure environmental provisions Landuse Officer: Angela Langdon and development controls are at least equivalent to the existing LEPs and 4754 3787 [email protected] thirdly, to consult with the Commonwealth Environment Minister regarding a Meetings Secretary: Heather Hull possible strategic assessment of impacts of the draft LEP on the Greater 4739 1493 [email protected] Membership Secretary: Lachlan Garland: Blue Mountains World Heritage Area (GBMWHA). 0415 317 078 Speakers at the meeting included Mayor Daniel Myles, Council’s Manager of [email protected] City Planning, Mr Andy Turner, and the Executive Director of the Blue General Meetings Convenor: Mountains World Heritage Institute, Dr John Merson. Dr Merson highlighted Brendan Doyle 4757 2197 the importance of flexibility in the LEP provisions to allow for adaptive [email protected] National Parks/World Heritage Officer: management of swamps in the face of climate change and urban Brian Marshall 4784.1148 development pressures. Society member Angela Langdon raised a number [email protected] of concerns the Society has with the process of converting the existing LEPs Newsletter Editor: Christine Davies into the Standard LEP format, as well as the lack of community consultation 4787 7246 and input to date. [email protected] Since the meeting representatives of the Society met with Member for Plant Nursery Manager: Kevin Bell th ph/fax 4787.6436 [email protected] Macquarie, Louise Markus, MP on 7 May to outline our concerns and Publicity Officer: Susan Crick explain why the Commonwealth government should be involved in the [email protected]; development of the new LEP given their responsibilities in relation to the 0409 829 635 GBWHA and the Commonwealth listed endangered ecological communities Sustainable Population and Climate found in the Blue Mountains. Change Officer: Peter Green 4751 9474 [email protected] What you can do: Threatened Species Officer: Nakia Belmer 0414 344 741 [email protected] 1. Stay up to date. All documentation from the public meeting, Website Officer: Alan Page 4784 1704 including media releases, speaker presentations, a summary of [email protected] participants’ comments and questions, and the formal resolutions can be Walks Convenor: Maurice Kerkham found on the Society’s website www.bluemountains.org.au. Under 4739 4942 “Campaigns”. Updates will be posted on the Society’s website and [email protected] Facebook page as the campaign progresses. Blue Mountains City Project Officer-Events: Rob Baigent Council has included information about the LEP review process and 4759 3104 [email protected] timetable on its website at http://www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/ Bushfire Representative: Hugh Paterson sustainableliving/localenvironmentalplans/standardinstrumentlep. 4751.2303, mob 0427 512 303 [email protected] 2. Write to our local state and federal MPs, the NSW Planning Minister and the Commonwealth Environment Minister expressing your DEADLINE FOR THE NEXT concerns about the planning process and requesting they ensure that ISSUE OF HUT NEWS IS natural and cultural values of the Blue Mountains are adequately 23 JUNE, 2013 protected in the new LEP. Information sheets to help with letter writing can be downloaded from the Society’s website. [email protected] 47877246 3. Download a petition from the Society’s website requesting that the Mayor and the NSW Planning Minister extend the public consultation MEMBERSHIP ENQUIRIES period on the new draft LEP from 2 months to at least 3 months. Collect Lachlan Garland 0415 317 078 signatures and return the forms to any member of the Management [email protected] Committee or post to the Society. PO Box 29, Wentworth Falls 2782 Please phone Sue Morrison ‘Hands Off our LEPs’ community campaigner on 0418 292 672 for further information, or if you don’t have access to the internet or if you want to assist in the campaign. Printed on Australian-made 100% Recycled Paper Hut News, No. 304, June 2013— Page 2. Don’t raise Warragamba Dam wall Bad ideas for NSW infrastructure Don Morison Extract from an article by Keith Muir in Colong Will the change of leadership in our state’s top infrastructure Bulletin May 2013. body be a chance to reverse bad policy decisions? The southern Blue Mountains should be the best The plans for Sydney Metropolitan Transport and for the raising protected wilderness in the world: it is part of a of Warragamba Dam’s wall provide worrying examples. world heritage area, in a long-standing national As top infrastructure officials Paul Broad and Nick Greiner go off park with declared wilderness areas and wild in search of new hats, they leave a series of environmentally rivers. It is also part of the Warragamba Special threatening proposals on the drawing boards.
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