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Priority Campaigns for 2018
Subject to feedback from Coastwatchers members, the management committee proposed that the priority campaigns for 2018 be:
- Forests – focusing on defeating RFA (Regional Forestry Agreement) renewals, contributing to the campaign to end native forest logging and opposing local intensive logging such as Mogo State Forest.
- Marine Parks at State (NSW) and Commonwealth level
- Eurobodalla Planning/Development and Coastal Management
General Issues include:
- Local Government planning issues, such as Local Environment Plans, Development Control Plans and Development Applications;
- Rural Lands Study;
- Heritage Studies;
- Providing representatives to serve on various committees such as the Eurobodalla Shire’s Coastal Environment Management Advisory Committee;
- Tree Protection and Land Clearing;
- Global Warming and Sea Level Change;
- Seeking sensible constraints on forestry practices;
- Koala Studies;
- Jet Ski Usage;
- The Management of Nature Reserves and National Parks in the Shire;
- The development and dedication of the Eurobodalla National Park and the Batemans Marine Park;
- Bushfire prevention; and
- Management of the Shire’s Community Lands.
Southern Issues include:
- Brou Landfill;
- Dargues Gold Reef Mine 2010 and 2015-16;
- Stopping the Shooting Ranges at Gulaga (Mt. Dromedary);
- Opposing Huntfest at Narooma; and
- Lawlers Creek Dam
Northern Issues include:
- Stopping the proposed Mogo/Charcoal plant;
- Bangalay Sand Forest Protection and Biodiversity;
- North Head Moruya/Airport/ Bengello developments;
- Planning and Construction of major roads, such as the Surf Beach Bypass;
- Batemans Bay Dredging;
- Policies for Submerged Lands and Erosion;
- Major Resort Developments;
- Murramarang National Park Extension; and
- Preservation of the Cullendulla Wetlands.