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  1. Logging the Promised Land, Bellingen/ Gleniffer

    Promised Land Forest! Tuckers Nob, 250 ha, 130ha clearfall, 120 ha thinning.

    Stakeholder Consultation - Remnant Forest Protection & Tuckers Nob Forestry Operations Compartments 8, 10, 11, 12, 17 18 >>
    surveymonkey.com/r/TuckersRemn

    How NSW Forestry converts native forest to plantations , Dr Tim Cadman
    youtube.com/watch?v=4wY9HzWwEvs

    Unfortunately most residents and Friends groups use (closed) proprietary social media platforms, owned by the parent company of Meta Platforms
    #SaveTuckersNob #FriendsOfTuckersNob #BellingenLogging #NSWLogging #NSWForestry #loggingIndustry #loggingIndustry #loggingImpacts #biodiversity #remnants #wildlife #koalas #harm #Gleniffer #Bellingen #PromisedLand #NSW #MIdNorthCoast #SaveChristmasHoles

  2. Free to roam - Councils are too poor to manage roaming cats that kill 96 million native animals each year in New South Wales

    "Animal rescuers across New South Wales say they're struggling to cope with a surge in surrendered cats, warning legislative gaps are fuelling a growing stray "crisis"."

    "Under the Companion Animals Act in NSW, cats can only be seized if found in a dedicated food preparation or wildlife protection area, otherwise they are free to roam. "This 'free to roam' is perpetuating a constant breeding cycle that all of us rescuers are overwhelmed with."..."Until cats are treated the same as dogs and have to be desexed and contained, this is just going to get worse and worse." "

    "On average the Invasive Species Council estimates each roaming pet cat kills 186 animals per year...We need council and the government to step up."

    "In September the NSW Greens introduced a bill proposing to introduce cat containment laws, which would require pet owners to keep their cats inside. The state government is expected to finalise its review within the coming months."

    "We would encourage people to keep their cats inside all the time, especially at night." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-18/str

    "Cats kill approximately 96 million native animals each year in New South Wales, including millions of mammals, birds, and reptiles." >>
    invasives.org.au/wp-content/up
    #cats #pets #dogs #ContainmentFailures #biodiversity #wildlife #mobility #NSW #law #values #councils #Bellingen #Gleniffer #BellingenShire

  3. Smoulderscape

    Still suffocating in smoke pollution
    from the 'agricultural activity' of
    post-harvest burning by the cellulose 'plantations'
    of the NSW government's Forestry Corporation.

    Déjà vu
    * " “Rome Plows,” massive bulldozers with an armor-fortified cutting blade, could clear 1,000 acres a day. Enormous concussive bombs, known as “daisy cutters”, flattened forests and set off shock waves killing everything within a 3,000-foot (900-meter) radius, down to earthworms in the soil. " >>
    theconversation.com/50-years-l

    * Ecocide and the history of herbicidal warfare in the Vietnam War >>
    anzacportal.dva.gov.au/wars-an

    #Pollution #Smoke #pollution #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #BellingenLogging #NSW #COPD #AirQuality #breathing #soot #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #PostHarvestBurning #agriculture #PileBurning #NSW #EPA #AirQuality #CleanAir #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance #care #StructuralViolence

  4. Suffocating in smoke pollution
    from the 'agricultural activity' of
    post-harvest pile burning by the cellulose 'plantations'
    of the NSW government's Forestry Corporation.

    "You can kill a person with post-harvest burning just as well as with an axe”.
    (Bertolt Brech, slightly altered)

    "Structural violence
    is a form of violence wherein some social structure or social institution may harm people by preventing them from meeting their basic needs or rights."
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structur

    When residents express their concerns about the prolonged toxic pollution to the relevant state institutions, the response is along the lines of 'close up your house, stay indoors or move away and shut up.'

    Toxic smoke pollution maximising harm >>
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161460

    (The original quote: "You can kill a person with an apartment just as well as with an axe”. Heinrich Zille/ B. Brecht)

    #Pollution #Smoke #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #NSW #COPD #AirQuality #breathing #soot #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #PostHarvestBurning #agriculture #PileBurning #NSW #EPA #AirQuality #CleanAir #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance #care #StructuralViolence

  5. Forestry - The production of toxic pollution to get a few woodchips out of complex biodiversity

    Before the leftovers of the cellulose factory (forest 'plantations') in this area are incinerated, a copious cocktail of pesticides is applied.

    #pesticides #air #SprayDrift #water #soil #health #crucial #starane #AssociatePulse #PileBurning #biodiversity #wildlife #FCNSW #TuckersNobSF #Bellingenshire #BellingenLogging ##Gleniffer #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities

  6. Toxic smoke pollution maximising harm

    The government's Forestry Corporation of NSW is still polluting the Bellingen, Gleniffer and Repton area with toxic smoke. Wet piles and the green timber piles are smouldering. After a cocktail of pesticides was applied, the wet piles with green timber were set alight and are left smouldering for days, maximising the toxic smoke pollution over a wide area.

    These negative externalities occur when the consumption or production of a commodity (cellulose) causes a harmful effect to a third party.

    It appears that the Forestry Corporation and EPA evade or pass responsibility and the many concerned residents ring 000 and overburden the small Gleniffer Bushfire Brigade now...

    Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 1 >
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161346
    Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 2 >
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161349

    #Pollution #Smoke #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #NSW #COPD #AirQuality #breathing #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #NSW #EPA #AirQuality #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance #care

    Image: Tuckers Nob SF smouldering after pesticide applications

  7. Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 2

    Negative externalities occur when the consumption or production of a commodity causes a harmful effect to a third party.

    Bushfire smoke: There is no safe level of exposure. >
    theconversation.com/how-to-pro

    Hundreds died from the effects of smoke inhalation caused by Australia’s 2019-2020 black summer bushfires and many more are likely to have long-term health issues." >
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    "Breathing polluted air may do more than harm your lungs — it could also increase your risk of Alzheimer’s disease." >
    sciencedaily.com/releases/2026

    Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 1 >
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161346

    #Pollution #Smoke #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #TheGreatkoalaNationalPark #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #NSW #EPA #COPD #AirQuality #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance

    Image: Forestry Corporation signage: Smoke Hazard, Roses Rd., Gleniffer

  8. Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 1

    The state-owned Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) is doing ‘Planned Burns’ to the unwanted left-overs after logging and clear felling Tuckers Nob State Forests. The so-called ‘plantations’ or cellulose factory is or was a rich bio-diverse ecosystem before the destruction.

    Many residents live in the area and wildlife has moved back into the sprouting desert.The area has been declared a ‘hazard’ and 36 ha are being incinerated. They call it ‘Hazard Reduction’ because they have dried out the microclimate and increased the bushfire risk.

    Through a government decision and outmoded management practices every living being with a lung is now being wilfully exposed to toxic smoke from incineration.
    It is not bushfire smoke from climate disruption, but an intentional collateral to extracting cellulose from bio-diversity which has to be subsidised by tax payers. This is turning the area and the breathing beings into a sacrifice zone.

    The air-filled sacs in the lungs, the alveoli are forced to act as a cost-effective vacuum cleaner for forestry’s “Hazard Reduction” fallout, cleaning up their ‘debris’.

    There are no health warnings issued. The reduced air quality leads to exposure to bushfire smoke. Fire-induced health impacts lead to mortalities from particulate matter, increased cardio-respiratory hospital admissions and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases.

    Roses Road 5km NW of Bellingen, Planned Burn, Forestry HR Tuckers Nob Plantation 26 & 27 > abc.net.au/emergency/warning/A

    "Fine particles, often described as PM2.5 (particles of 2.5 micrometres in diameter or less). These particles can remain suspended in the air for extended periods and, owing to their tiny size, can penetrate deep into the lungs when inhaled." > theconversation.com/bushfires-

    #Pollution #Smoke #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #NSW #COPD #AirQuality #breathing
    Image: Respiratory system, Wikipedia Commons

  9. Two drownings at the Never Never River

    "Sachin Khillan (left) and Sahil Batra (right) died after falling into a deep water hole in the Never Never River.The group had booked accommodation at Gleniffer that featured private access to the Never Never River. Rivers are the leading location for drownings in Australia." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-01-29/fam
    #drowning #rivers #NeverNeverRiver #Gleniffer #tourism #SafetyEquipment #Bellingenshire

  10. Two men have drowned in the Never Never River on the NSW Mid North Coast.

    "Emergency services were called to John Locke Place at Gleniffer, north of Bellingen, at about 6:45pm on Sunday following reports of people struggling in the water. Police were told three men, all believed to be aged in their 30's, began to struggle soon after entering the river."

    "The two men were pulled from the water but were unable to be revived and died at the scene. A crime scene has been established and a report will be prepared for the coroner."
    >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-01-26/two

    AUDIO: Two die in drowning on NSW Mid North Coast >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-01-26/two

    #Gleniffer #Bellingen #drowning #NeverNever #JohnLockePlace #NSW #rivers #NeverNeverCatchment #MidNorthCoast #tourism #CPRChart #swimming #heatwaves #crime

  11. Safeguarding Bellingen rivers and coast
    bellingenshirenews.com.au/2025

    Explore the responsible visitor tips:
    "Watch your pooch when it poops: One 10 cent-sized piece of dog waste contains 23 million faecal coliform bacteria – rain washes it into rivers and harms wildlife. Bag it, bin it, keep our waterways clean."
    visitbellingenshire.com.au/Pla

    The Gleniffer Valley is a beautiful place, but..
    bellingennow.com/about/index.h
    #water #rivers #Bellingen #BellingenShire #BellingerRiverSnappingTurtle #shorebirds #platypus #biodiversity #wildlife #ecosystems #PromisedLands #Gleniffer #dogs #pets #waste

  12. Somewhere there are changing attitudes - they are removing barbed wire fencing

    " Man removes 18km of barbed wire fencing from Victorian property to save wildlife. According to Entangled Wildlife Australia, 80 per cent of barbed wire entanglements occur on the top strand. Across Australia, there is a growing push to ban the use of barbed wire for property boundaries. Changing attitudes and behaviour are key if we are to create a safer environment for our wildlife."
    >>
    abc.net.au/news/2025-10-31/man
    #Biodiversity #fences #BarbedWire #fencing #wildlife #entanglement #BellingenShire #Gleniffer

  13. How a mayor beat the loggers to turn the place green again
    Could Bellingen become a “green municipality”?

    "A region battered by predatory logging and ranching...With its forest-gobbling ranchers, bootleg loggers and dodgy sawmill operators, this sprawling township the size of Israel was a big red flag."

    “For decades, Paragominas was one of the Amazon’s epicentres of deforestation and timber extraction. That changed in 2008, with the municipal environmental pact, which reduced deforestation by 80%,” says Beto Veríssimo, co-founder of Imazon, a rainforest-based thinktank. ..Controlling deforestation turned the township into a magnet for investment and economic growth.”
    >>
    theguardian.com/global-develop
    #deforestation #LoggingImpacts #BellingenLogging #Gleniffer #Amazon #biodiversity #NativeForests #FrontierCommunity #logging #slashandburn #NSWLogging #FarrRight #governance

  14. The roaming cats of Bellingen are one of the biggest threats to wildlife

    "The average pet cat kills 110 native animals each year, roughly 320 million across Australia, and that doesn’t even include frogs or insects. The species is directly responsible for the third highest number of extinctions in Australia, after humans and chytrid fungus."

    Victoria has " effective legislation that’s empowering local government to take action on the issue of roaming pet cats."
    >>
    au.news.yahoo.com/calls-for-ma

    Local councils are tightening cat ownership laws to help protect wildlife and keep your pet safe
    biodiversitycouncil.org.au/new

    #cats #pets #ownership #NuisanceCats #containment #IntroducedSpecies #sprawl #disease #wildlife #birds #Bellingen #Gleniffer #council #regulation #NSW #CompanionAnimalsAct #ExtinctionCrisis #council #BellingenShire

  15. Drone locates 20 koalas in forest due to be logged next year

    "A thermal drone imaging survey has been conducted over a plantation within the Great Koala National Park footprint. 20 koalas were detected over two nights at Tuckers Nob State Forest, which is due to be logged in the New Year."

    The so called 'plantations' are more like native forests. Tuckers Nob forest must be included in the great koala national park. Video>>
    nbnnews.com.au/2024/12/18/dron
    #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #BellingenLogging #koalas #SaveTuckersNob #Bellingen #Gleniffer #plantations #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #wildlife #conservation #drones #RadioTelemetry #FCNSW #destruction

  16. Koala deaths though road and highway crashes

    “There were five koala deaths on this section of the Bruxner Highway in August alone and any protection measure we can take to reduce that toll is worth taking. A section of the highway between Lismore and Casino will have the speed reduced from 100km to 80km in a bid to reduce koala deaths...Members of the public regularly call us about koalas in roadside trees, which causes sleepless nights wondering if they will be the next ones hit that we have to pick up.”

    There seems to be a lack of impact data on the 'dispersed' koalas of the 'upgraded' Gleniffer 'Highway' through the industrially logged forests of Bellingen/Gleniffer. The 50s mobility design has achieved its goal, more traffic is speeding now. Meanwhile, photos proliferate of 'koalas in roadside trees'.
    >>
    indynr.com/speed-zone-change-o
    #koalas #wildlife #MobilityDesign #roads #cars #roadkill #DeathHotspots #speed #GlenifferRoad #speeding #BellingenLogging #Bellingen #Gleniffer #conservation #MembersOfThePublic

  17. Thieves stole equipment from the Gleniffer Bushfire Brigade

    "Sometime in the last 24hours (probably last night) Gleniffer Rural Fire Brigade Station was broken into.
    A steel panel next to the door was forced and the door opened from the inside. A considerable amount of valuable brigade equipment has been stolen including chainsaws and pumps."

    "This theft of equipment has seriously impacted the brigade's ability to respond to any fires, we are currently "offline"/unable to respond and will remain so for some time, any fire calls will need to be responded to by other brigades increasing the time taken to attend."

    One wonders about the various fire permits in the Gleniffer area that have been issued with RFSNSW in heatwave conditions...Will the (local) Fire Control Centre be able to withdraw them on time?
    >>
    #Bellingen #Gleniffer #bushfires #fires #thieves #RFSNSW #heatwave

  18. "Indigenous people here speak of the lack of memorials on this land.
    But every bordered property is a site for dark tourism in Australia.
    Dark tourism is the effort to seek out destinations of violence and devastation, but it is not hard to see genocide from our front door in this country...Tim Rowse has called the “ongoing colonial encounter sometimes called ‘Australia’”
    >>
    theconversation.com/dark-touri

    Gumbaynggirr Country is located on the mid-north coast of New South Wales. It is also known as the Bellingen/ Gleniffer Valley and has curated three reserves in the 21st century with memorials which are all named after white settlers:

    The Arthur Keough Reserve (Never Never River) is named after the first settler pioneer families to arrive in the Gleniffer Valley.
    bellingennow.com/about/index.h

    Angel Gabriel Capararo 'modernised' the Promised land.
    bellingennow.com/Angel_Gabriel

    Earl Preston reserve was named after a settler who arrived in 1929
    bellingennow.com/Earl_Preston/

    Nothing about the massacres and the poisoning to death of local Aboriginal people.

    Colonial Frontier Massacres, Australia, 1788 to 1930
    c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/colonia
    howlinginfinite.com/2021/03/22
    trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/art
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_poi
    #GumbaynggirrCountry #Bellingen #Fernmount #Gleniffer #TheDrive #MidNorthCoast #IndigenousPeoples #massacres #memorials #tourism #DarkTourism #violence #TuthTelling #denial #SettlerSociety #colonialism

  19. NSW platypuses are accumulating the “forever chemical” perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in very high concentrations.

    "The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a semi-aquatic monotreme that occupies a high trophic position in the freshwater ecosystems of eastern mainland Australia and Tasmania. Platypuses are continuously exposed to anthropogenic contaminants including perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). This study examined PFOS concentrations in the livers of deceased platypuses (eight wild; one captive) that were opportunistically collected across NSW over a two- and a half-year period. There was a large variation in PFOS concentrations, ranging from < 1 µg/kg to 1200 µg/kg. This study presents the first report of PFOS contamination in platypuses, revealing their PFOS levels are broadly similar to those found in river otters (Lutra canadensis) and lower than those in American mink (Mustela vison), both which occupy similar ecological niches in freshwater systems. This study raises concerns about the impact of PFOS on platypus health."

    "Platypuses are vulnerable to many impacts associated with human activity including hydrological changes, decline in water quality, increase in litter and discarded fishing line, illegal opera house nets (yabby traps) and water contamination...There are no guidelines on what constitutes safe concentrations of PFOS in wildlife."

    >>
    Warwick, K.G., Wright, I.A., Whinfield, J. et al. First report of accumulation of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in platypuses (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) in New South Wales, Australia. Environ Sci Pollut Res 31, 51037–51042 (2024). doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-347
    #pollution #water #rivers #contamination #NSW #Wildlife #platypus #platypuses #penguins #PFOS #PFAS #ForeverChemicals #Gleniffer #bellingen #NeverNever #bellinger #catchment #AquaticInvertebrates #DrinkingWater #FoodChain #SyntheticChemicals

  20. Koalas

    "After European colonization in 1788, more species have become extinct in Australia than in any other country on Earth (Australian Government Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment, 2022)."

    In 2020, the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Koalas found that koalas will become extinct before 2050. Why?

    Habitat grab, cars and dogs
    "Koalas who had been attacked by a dog, fallen from a tree, and/or been hit by a motor vehicle were more likely to be euthanized or found deceased than released."
    >>
    Charalambous, R., Descovich, K. A., & Narayan, E. J. (2024). Identifying Trends in Admission and Release of Wild Koalas in Veterinary Clinics Throughout Queensland, Australia. Society & Animals (published online ahead of print 2024).
    doi.org/10.1163/15685306-bja10
    #koalas #Bellingen #Gleniffer #roads #dogs #pets #GlenifferRoad #RosesRoad #loggingIndustry #LoggingImpacts #SettlerSociety #BiodiversityCrisis #Ecocide #ExtinctionCrisis #EPBCAct

  21. Tourism without public toilets?
    Little Blue Lake 'littered' with human faeces, sparking calls for toilets.

    "The Little Blue Lake is a beautiful swimming hole that attracts thousands of people, but locals say human waste is piling up on its perimeter and the nearby car park."

    Looks like the popular Never Never river is not the only place without a toilet.
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1097814

    abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/lit
    #tourism #faeces #water #pollution #Gleniffer #PromisedLand #NeverNever #BellingenShire

  22. Australia is a world leader in species extinction and declines
    Yet the koala’s feed trees keep falling...

    "Since time immemorial, the Gumbaynggirr Nation has cared for country and we know that the Dunggirr is sacred to the First Nations peoples of Bellingen Shire."

    "Koalas cannot read signs or distinguish boundaries between native forests, state forest plantations or your backyard."

    "Over decades locals and tourists have come to know about the Gleniffer koalas, through registered sightings and expert evidence. Yet the koala’s feed trees keep falling, even though Forestry Corporation of NSW (FC NSW) has no social licence."

    "After operating within our Shire for over three decades, FC NSW have deliberately withdrawn any connection with the community and take no responsibility for the cumulative damage that the corporation has inflicted on our community’s waterways, roads and bridges".

    "...We need to rethink the age-old argument between plantations versus habitat.This requires courage because we all need to have these conversations regarding the remnants in plantations and the wildlife therein."

    Bellingen Environment Centre
    Take me to the article>>
    newsofthearea.com.au/letter-to
    #Savetuckersnob #SavePineCreek #GKNP #NSWLogging #koala #BiodiversityCrisis #climate #BellingenLogging #GumbaynggirrCountry #Gleniffer #RemnantVegetation #FCNSW #legitimacy