THE TWEED www.tweedecho.com.au Volume 3 #45 Thursday, July 21, 2011 Advertising and news enquiries: Phone: (02) 6672 2280
[email protected] [email protected] pages 8-9 CAB 21,000 copies every week AUDIT LOCAL & INDEPENDENT Council to spend Rare snail found millions fighting erosion at dam wall site Luis Feliu Herald the government’s plan to dust off the $67 million dam proposal was A Byrrill Creek resident claims to ‘damaging, expensive and entirely have found an endangered Mitchell’s avoidable’. Rainforest Snail near the edge of the ‘Th e minister has embarked on a proposed new dam wall, as the news war against the environmental pro- of the state government’s recent deci- tections that were put in place based sion to review a ban on the dam hit on sound scientifi c evidence,’ Dr Kaye Sydney media this week. said. Resident and anti-dam activist John Minister for Primary Industries, Morrison told Th e Echo he found and Katrina Hodgkinson, quietly an- photographed what he believed to be nounced the review earlier this month one of the rare pyramid-shaped snails in response to questions from the lo- (theresites mitchellae) on a log amid cal ABC News team. The minister deep leaf litter at Pretty Gully, Byrrill had been lobbied by vocal pro-dam Creek in the shadow of Mt Warning Tweed mayor Kevin Skinner, who had last Monday. used his casting vote to get the new Mr Morrison said he reported the dam plan up, and his factional ally Cr Steve Spencer This picture shows the dramatic extent of the erosion in front of the public finding to the Australian National Warren Polglase.