The Border Watch: March 31, 2009

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Lake trees axed BY ANELIA BLACKIE

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WHILE the roar of chainsaws echoed around Valley Lake yesterday, global warming activist Dr Catherine Pye peacefully protested the chopping down of gigantic pine trees. Dr Pye hung placards with the words “Save Us” around the base of some trees and asked walkers and bicycle riders along the footpath behind the old hospital to sign a petition which she planned to take to the Mount Gambier City Council. “I think it is terrible that council has cut down the big old pine trees at the northern end of nurses landing near the old hospital,” Dr Pye said. “These were big, beautiful and unique species of pine trees which enhanced the beauty of walking around the Valley Lake. “These trees were old and can never be replaced in a lifetime. They might not be native, but they are still attractive and environmentally useful.” However, council operational services director Daryl Sexton said the clearing of olive and pine trees around the lake would continue. “Those pine trees are not indigenous and they grow bigger and bigger until they ultimately become a risk,” Mr Sexton said. “They are invasive, of no historical significance and should be removed. Those trees are not rare, but volcanic craters are.” Mr Sexton said the removal of the trees had been council’s view for many years and for the past four or five years a private company had been contracted for 20 to 30 days a year to chop down the trees. “This year $50,000 has been allocated for the job,” he said.

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pDr Catherine Pye protests the chopping down of old pine trees around the Valley Lake.

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