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	Balaclava Island- There are major coal ports at Mackay and Gladstone.  Do we really want another one at the mouth of the Fitzroy River just southeast of Rocky? See website of KAFDA- Keppel And Fitzroy Delta Alliance  Do we want to have a mega-industrial complex at the southern end on Keppel Bay, clearly visible from the Capricorn Coast?  Is it wise to have huge coal laden ships navigating the shallow seas east of the Fitzroy River mouth?  This port is just the toe-hold for a four-stage mega development. Become a KAFDA supporter   ...    read more >
	Did you know that there are 49 species of frogs native to Central Queensland, 8 of which are classed as either extinct, endangered, vulnerable or near threatened?  Frogs now need our help to survive, more so than ever before.   To find out more about frog education and conservation projects in your area, hop onto the Queensland Frog Society website http://www.qldfrogs.asn.au/  or contact Bethlea, the Central Qld Coordinator of the Qld Frog Society, on 07 4933 1591 (more on CQ frogs - coming soon)
	Waratah EIS released - Bimblebox Nature Refuge to be destroyed - Offsets strategy a joke Waratah Coal have released their Environmental Impact Statement for their monster mine in the Galilee Basin near Alpha. This mine will effectively destroy Bimblebox Nature Refuge. The joke is that the company can use an "offset" to get away with this, and the area set aside for the offset can be protected by - a Nature Refuge. This gives it no more protection than Bimblebox.
	Great Keppel Island The Save Our Keppel Island Taskforce (SOKIT) formed after the successful GKI information night at WARU Gardens recently. SOKIT will be promoting the natural beauty and the significant environmental values of Great Keppel Island’s forests, coasts, corals and wildlife.  See SOKIT website at http://www.careforkeppel.org.au/    or links to a community petition: http://www.savinggki.com
	Commercial harvest of corals in the Keppel Island region of the southern inshore Great Barrier Reef raises concern about the depletion of a number of relatively rare restricted range species of coral. The shift appears to be driven by demand from theUSA for corals for domestic aquaria.
	Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) The race is on to deliver Australia's first LNG from coal seam gas (CSG) and it's happening from the Port of Gladstone.  The Federal Environment Minister granted approval with hundreds of conditions to two LNG projects and the Gladstone Harbour Dredging Project. We have summarised the main ones. But what are the environmental costs? The local fishing industry has been virtually wiped out, and yet GPC say there is nothing wrong with this enormous dregding project.
	Plants of Capricornia Back by popular demand, Plants of Capricornia by Rhonda Melzer and Joel Plumb has been reprinted.  Available at CCC, or by mail order, or in selected bookshops.  $160 plus postage.

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