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icant they hold for history s sake tell them that you don t think there has been enough effort in plans to save the trees and therefore council is not looking at alternatives these messages may one day be published so keep that in mind urban sustainable ecology restoration society users jonathan vencore users fonder says november 29 2011 at 10 43 am reply cumulative impact threat to grey headed flying fox i was wondering if anyone has done any research on the number of fig trees felled or had the canopies trimmed over past 10 year with in a 20km radius of blackbutt reserve nsw where the grey headed flying fox roosts one of the main threats to the endangered grey headed flying fox s is loss of foraging habitat the distance to laman street is approximately 9km however there is no foraging habitat much further in that direction figs don t grow in the sea this reduces their foraging space quite dramatically with councils removing trees here and there over time and not replacing them it chips away at their foraging habitat without assessing the impact impact assessments don t require considerations of time or space so they are not looking at how many other tree where removed from their habitat the years before or in areas outside the scope of the test environmental law is founded on the premise of public involvement so well can all have a say if we can measure the reduction of foraging habitat within a 20km radius over the past 10 15 years and predict the future lopping or felling of habitat against its renewal programs there may be strong grounds to save the fig trees in laman street and protect the grey headed flying fox s from extinction efforts should be made to increase grey headed flying fox numbers so they are no longer at risk not just to maintain current numbers feel free to contact the office of environment and heritage with your concerns for the fig trees and the fate of the gray headed flying fox asking for information of on the cumulative impact of the reduction of foraging habitat within the past ten years within a 20km radius of their roosting site at blackbutt reserve nsw http www environment nsw gov au if you have information relating to the cumulative impacts on habitat reduction in your area it is of interested to us here at users the urban sustainable ecology restoration society eye3photodesign says december 3 2011 at 11 13 pm reply i will be coming down on sun arvo 4pm 4th dec with my camera so i urge every figs supporter to get down there as well and make your presence seen gary kane says december 16 2011 at 8 16 pm reply if clover moore was behind a campaign to remove fig trees from hyde park or next to the nsw art gallery do you think bo f would do nothing if he could gain politically by applying authority to prevent it he would flex his power to prevent it he would not rave on about not interfering in a local council matter so politically while we have time we have to lobby tim owen to get the nsw govt to prevent removal of the trees let him know that he has to represent ncle and therefore act to maintain laman st because his failure is politically unsound not re election friendly if he wants to be re elected he should start doing something aside from a come on fellas speech to ncc we have to pressure tim owen politically asap and as heavily and numerically as we can robyn scheuffele says december 29 2011 at 12 06 pm reply i am from newcastle but live in san diego california here in balboa park there are so many moreton bay figs about 100 yrs old they are very well kept and very well looked after you should contact the city of san diego look on line and ask to speak with whoever looks after balboa park and speak to the arborists of balboa park will be cheaper to fly one of them to newcastle than to fly someone out from the uk and the climate of san diego is much more like that of newcastle very moderate climate soil is old clay and sand based only rains a few days a year though but balboa park is humid because of the maritime effect try that the arborists of these moreton bay figs planted for the world s trade fair know what they are doing tarquin says january 31 2012 at 12 25 pm reply thanks for your efforts the loss of 14 huge trees is really horrible brisbane continues to lose trees and the residents have formed a group called treealert visit our page and stay in touch about your story http www facebook com treealert ref ts treealert we are stronger working together peter says february 3 2012 at 10 44 pm reply i have emailed the council of my intention to withhold payment of my rates they can whistle long and hard before i will give any support for their action remind them of who they were elected to represent graeme beal says february 6 2012 at 9 22 am reply i welcome fee mozeley s announcement that save our figs is considering a submission to icac partial exercise of official function in the sense of biased not impartial or using only that part of the rules or advice which suit your purpose and deliberately rejecting contrary opinion is corrupt conduct according to the icac act if it is serious enough to warrant disciplinary action in 2010 i made a submission to icac regarding the ncc planning department s processing of a dual occupancy development in prince st waratah which in my opinion unquestionably involved partial exercise of official function icac ordered ncc to have an independent review conducted which was carried out by sinc solutions an organisation appointed and paid by ncc their report raises more questions than it answers i have been advised by the nsw ombudsman to make a further submission to icac including information gathered since the first submission i am preparing this further submission at present as someone who lived for 12 years within earshot of the town hall clock i have been appalled at the apparent stalinesque whatever it takes attitude of some ncc officers to have a magnificent avenue of trees removed they should be brought to account all that was missing was a good book burning i m surprised ncc didn t raid the library for any books on democracy and burn them in laman st using copies of their shredded code of ethics for kindling i m happy for another submission to icac to support mine graeme beal helen cummings says february 6 2012 at 7 37 pm reply my dear friend ken jones has given me permission to publish his poem if only a tree could talk by ken jones the old bush b ard just think of the age old stories and learning as we go on our civic park walk a century of yarns and history could be heard if only a tree could talk today is a very sad day for novocastrians as we suffer acts of our council bigs it has made us cry as we must say good bye to our beloved laman st figs those tree s like us were made of special stuff and deserved a better fate those who care were there but in their despair its too late mates too late what took a hundred years to grow can be bludgeoned in just one day shame on you city council i just wonder what our joy would say to quote another old bush bard who was years before my time he obviously cared that trees were spared and here is some of his rhyme oh council man spare our trees touch not a single bow in my youth they sheltered me arrr i wish i could protect them now they came in the darkness yesty mornin with a specific instruction setting up cranes and chippers weapons of mass destruction the chainsaws gnawed the diesels roared and all the limbs fell down slaughter bloody slaughter the people called to be heard all over town now that our trees have been killed will any be milled to make a special chair for each of those powerful councillors for the short time they ll still be there they could keep them as a memento as they lay on their sun shaded deck they might just turn into an albatross to hang forever around their neck ok councillors ya might be a star but a bloody galah for slappin us in the face what each of you have done to your electors is a betrayal and a bloody disgrace refuse to comply to wishes with an un novocastrian un australian balk just spare a thought for what might have been if only a tree could talk copyright ken jones 1 2 2012 jarrod says february 14 2012 at 6 12 pm reply hello my name is jarrod and i m doing a report on this for school i am belive what you all did was right and i am ashamed at the council for cutting them down i was just wondering what ever happened to the petition that was handed to the council thankyou caity raschke says february 14 2012 at 10 28 pm reply the petitions were presented to council over many months i believe the paper petition was shredded by council they kept scanned copies you d have to ask yourself if this was deliberate as under the current government s people s petition rules only original copies of petitions count robyn says february 15 2012 at 1 24 am reply when is the next council election and please remind us of the names of the councilors who voted in favor of felling the trees and the names of those who voted against it we need to make sure we have that information marked on our calendars rhonda partridge says march 16 2012 at 12 24 am reply the souls of the beautiful figs will always remain it is devastating what has happened and i cannot go into laman street or civic park as it is so sad and lacks life i did a painting and drawings a few years ago of the figs strong branches i will cherish this artwork forever if anyone has art works of the figs please reply leave a reply cancel reply comment name email website turn on javascript to leave a comment δ rss posts email subscription enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email email address sign me up join 75 other subscribers recent posts photos from anzac day deja vu in laman street anzac day 2015 more fig karma 24 3 2014 more karma strikes 10 3 2014 watch newcastle city council webcast great fun 25 2 2014 the last word maybe 12 2 2014 couldn t 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