Dear Premier, why won’t you call me by my name? If you are going to chop down my trees, why won’t you look me in the forest and tell me straight? Yours sincerely, Pirltawardli ….
It’s holiday time - so time to explore your Park Lands, especially the remarkable urban forest on Adelaide’s doorstep - before it’s drastically cut back. “It’s Not Just a Golf Course” is the event title. Explore it with us, on one of a dozen dates over the next few weeks.
More than 300 trees have been felled, so far, to make room for a three billion dollar hospital on your Park Lands, but much more tree destruction is on the way.
You’re invited! Please come to inspect, first-hand, the remarkable urban forest on Adelaide’s doorstep - before it’s drastically cut back. “It’s Not Just a Golf Course” is the event title. Explore it with us, on one of 15 dates over the next few weeks.
For five years, the Adelaide Park Lands Association has been lobbying the City Council for permission to re-green one or more disused patches of bitumen in your Park Lands.
This Tuesday 13 August, one re-greening opportunity will come to a vote.
Please - contact City Councillors now, to ensure the project gets the go-ahead.
A City Council report on biodiversity has revealed the success of re-greening and habitat restoration in selected parts of your Park Lands.
The first survey of Park Lands biodiversity in 20 years identified new species of native bees, as well three species of microbats, an eel, and the re-emergence of rare grasses and wildflowers.
A major re-write of the over-arching Park Lands Management Strategy suggests no limitation on the number or size of new buildings that might keep taking away parts of your Open, Green, Public spaces.
Before consultation on this draft document closes on 9 August, you can endorse our submission or make your own.
