Greetings Friends, This newsletter includes; Bulldozers at Lee Point, experts call for a halt to Lee Point development, Gouldian Finches, Darwin’s disappearing woodland and turkey bush. Please send a letter to the people that can stop DHA bulldozing Lee Point using these links: Assistant Defence Minister Matt Thistlethwaite Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek 1.0 …
3pm Sunday 2 July at the Osprey Tower (mobile tower). Representatives from Larrakia, Friends of Lee Point, Planning Action Network (PLAN), Environment Centre NT, Birdlife, and others will be presenting. There will be a series of announcements about the development at Lee Point. Hope you can make it. More info available on Lee Point: Friends of …
By 2040,
– the Darwin-Palmerston area (212 sq km) is expected to lose majority of its old-growth trees (baseline is 2020) with less than 30% remaining in connected habitat – Darwin Wildlife Corridor.
– Darwin Wildlife Corridor is expected to lose 1/3 of its old-growth trees if the planned DHA housing project at Lee Point continues. Already ~10% has been lost due to DHA clearing works.
Greetings Friends, This newsletter includes; Colour My World and Gouldian Walks, Disappearing woodland, plants and wildlife. 1.0 Colour My World FLP, Planning Action Network, ECNT and BirdLife Top End held a Colour My World event at the Nightcliff Seabreeze festival on 13 May. Lots of finch painting happened and even a bit of singing …
Introduction Map of Corridor (yellow line) with (7) habitat areas and DHA project area (red line) The Lee Point Biodiversity Corridor (Corridor) has significant areas of old-growth forest and is one of the richest biodiversity areas in the Territory based on its number of bird species. It has more habitats than any park in the …
Greetings Friends, This newsletter includes; Gouldian Walks, Nature Positive, Lee Point development update, Darwin woodland, plants and wildlife. 1.0 Gouldian Walks at Lee Point Lots of birds seen (no gouldians yet) on the Gouldian Walks, 22-23 April. Everyone enjoyed the self-guided walks around Lee Point dam. There will be more Gouldian Walks at Lee Point, …
Greetings Friends, This newsletter includes; Farewell to Shorebirds, Lee Point development update, Darwin woodland, plants and wildlife. 1.0 Farewell to Shorebirds – Saturday 11 March Lots of people joined the Farewell to Shorebirds event organised by Birdlife TopEnd, Plan and Friends of Lee Point (FLP). Some of the people that went on the early …
Greetings Friends, Here are some images of places visited and what happened in 2022. They are presented in five parts:
The migratory shorebirds (left) are under threat, ABC footage from Lee Point explains why and Living with Shorebirds at Lee Point has additional information. 2. Update on DHA Lee Point development The Australian Government is still assessing the area for gouldian finch habitat. Having Lee Point intact makes life better for people and wildlife …