Dear Echo News,
Late last week, I reported a large branch off a tree in the big dog enclosure at Balfour Road had collapsed, but I wish I hadn’t.
The Shire of Mundaring this week not only took the fallen branch away, they cut down the whole tree and another tree as well!
Unless both trees were dead, (certainly not showing it), or had shot hole borer, the shire owes people an explanation of why the wanton destruction of healthy adult native trees at a time when scientists are pleading with us to save and create tree canopies.
G Ross
Swan View
Echo News social media comments
In response to Success Hill Reserve weed control push:
W Huber:
Thank you Echo for quality journalism exposing environmental issues.
In response to Kalamunda drops tree nursery plan:
R Fagnani:
Ridiculous idea if they think it was going to save them money trying to grow their own trees.
A Blackburn:
The current set of councillors hate trees of any sort and seem to be actively looking for ways to chop as many down as they can.
Much better to have a McDonald’s than large environmentally friendly trees.
C Lewis:
I actually don’t care where they source their trees from. I just wish that they would protect and plant trees.
Give me one good reason why this should not happen.
If a tree ‘absolutely’ needs to go for safety or development reasons they should plant 10 new ones.
Look at what has just happened in Wattle Grove where photographic evidence proves that trees that were to be retained were deliberately damaged and were later felled with COK permission.
In response to Community petition for Slaughterhouse Bridge:
S Openshaw:
My question is why wasn’t this fixed ages ago?
Will the people get any compensation for having to use extra fuel to get where they need to go?
That bridge has been under construction so many times.
Just rip it out and build another.
In response to Chittering mining corridor environmental concerns:
S Cee:
Chalice Mining should be finding an alternative infrastructure corridor instead of proposing one that would impact new and existing private landholders’ tree preservation areas and valuable black cockatoo habitat.
M Studd:
Chittering you don’t need another (mine), please see the damage Alcoa’s done and little to no rehab at the cost of our beautiful bush and native creatures.
K Anne:
Why does mining always get a free pass, subsidies and bending of rules?
The faux caring act is also tiresome because they don’t and will do the bare minimum every time.
There needs to be stricter standards that prevent any damage to the environment or what’s left of it.
