Wild Wielangta

For everyone’s interest here’s the content of a letter we presented to Minister David Llewellyn (Minister for Primary Industries and Water) at our meeting yesterday. The letter summarises points raised in the meeting and we’re hopeful of achieving some positive results!
“We greatly appreciate you making time to meet with us today to discuss the future [...]

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The recent announcement by Premier Bartlett about planting 2,500 hectares of Blue Gums on the East Coast over the next 5 years, as feeding habitat for endangered Swift Parrots, is bizarre and misguided.
If Swift Parrots are to avoid extinction they need to be able to breed successfully. For this they require forests full of [...]

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The local Wielangta campaign is starting to gear up again post-summer break and post Swift Parrot breeding. After winning a reprieve for the Swift Parrots, so that they could breed safely in Wielangta this summer, time is now running out as the parrots begin to disperse in preparation for heading back to the mainland over [...]

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A casual visitor to Fortescue Bay might be mistaken to think our beautiful swift parrots are in abundance.
Any camper staying in the Mill Creek Campsite will be lucky enough to be greeted early each morning by a cacophony of happy and excitable swift parrots with the characteristic high pitched clinks and budgerigar-like chirruping. In fact [...]

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The number of Forestry Tasmania cars collected at the Wielangta turn off yesterday, and the nine full cars and minibus that went up the road, bodes well for the interest level in Swift Parrots in Wielangta.
We hope to be able to update you further soon.

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Our ‘Save the Swift Parrot’ postcard campaign has been a fabulous success. Nearly 3,000 colour postcards were distributed within about 10 days of us asking for help to get them signed and in the Premier’s office by the end of the month.
Volunteers from across Tasmania, from Southport to Grindelwald, from Bruny Island to Triabunna [...]

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During Senate Estimates questioning 20th October, Senator Bob Brown was at pains to ensure that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is made aware of his responsibility to take action to protect the swift parrot, under the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (RFA), given that:
‘…it (the RFA) states that the Commonwealth and Tasmania agree that the:
… application [...]

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On 3rd October 2008, three members of Wild Wielangta, South East Forest Protection Group had a 30 minute meeting with David Llewellyn – Minister responsible for Forestry and Threatened Species.
David Llewellyn agreed to send scientists into Coupe 19D and surrounding areas to verify the sightings of swift parrots by community members. He said he [...]

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There’s been a flutter of activity in the media this week!
Rosslyn Beeby’s gutsy critique ‘Pondering Garrett’s Future’ in the Canberra Times, focuses on the Swift Parrot’s protection and survival as an indicator of Garrett’s success in his portfolio, given he’s responsible for the overhaul of the Federal Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Act.
Bob Brown calls for [...]

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Birds Australia Conservation Manager Chris Tzaros spoke with Fran Kelly on ABC Radio National Breakfast yesterday to highlight the impending threat, to the survival of the Swift Parrot, from logging in Wielangta Forest.
For the past 13 years, a national recovery program involving all the eastern States and costing hundreds of thousands of dollars has been implemented [...]

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