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Latest drought report identifies low streamflow concerns for southeast Vancouver Island : My Campbell River Now

The B.C. government has released its latest Drought and Water Scarcity Bulletin, with data up to Sept. 10.…
#Canada #Vancouver #BCGovernment #Drought #SunshineCoast #VancouverIsland #WaterScarcity #Weather
https://www.europesays.com/canada/204797/

New pest insect attacks berry crops after breaching Australian biosecurity

A destructive pest insect, detected in Australia for the first time, is destroying millions of dollars’ worth of…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #Agriculture #AU #Australia #berries #biosecurity #blueberries #Farm #farmer #flowerthrips #Frankliniellaintonsa #Insectpest #raspberries #Science #strawberries #SunshineCoast #thrips
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/887598/

New pest insect attacks berry crops after breaching Australian biosecurity

A destructive pest insect, detected in Australia for the first time, is destroying millions of dollars’ worth of…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #Agriculture #AU #Australia #berries #biosecurity #blueberries #Farm #farmer #flowerthrips #Frankliniellaintonsa #Insectpest #raspberries #Science #strawberries #SunshineCoast #thrips
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/887598/

The biosecurity officers' fight against fire ants and allegations of threats, harassment and stalking
A Glen Turner Déjà vu

“We’ve had threats of ‘If you come on my property, I’ll shoot you’. ‘If you try and come on my property, I’ll set my dog on you...Australian police are routinely escorting biosecurity officers onto private properties after they reported being threatened with dogs and guns. In cases when people were “incredibly hostile”, program staff would “proactively engage with the police to escort us and to keep the peace and to keep everyone safe in that environment, because we need to complete the treatment”
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/03/fire-ants-australia-eradication-biosecurity-officers-queensland-ntwnfb

The environmental officer Glen Turner
was shot in Croppa Creek, near Moree in 2014 investigating illegal land clearing. "There is an interweaving between the physical murder of Glen Turner, and the ecological ‘murder’ of the brigalow through the voracious demand for agricultural land." Book review: ‘The Winter Road’ by Kate Holden
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https://residentjudge.com/2022/04/09/the-winter-road-by-kate-holden/
#conservation #biosecurity #FireAnts #InvasiveSpecies #BiosecurityOfficers #OHS #biodiversity #IllegalLandClearing #GlenTurner #violence #crime #Moree #GoldCoast #Grafton #SunshineCoast #LandOwnership #IndividualPropertyRights #PossessiveIndividualism #liberalism #pseudolaw #community #pests #EnvironmentalImpacts #insecticide #EnvironmentalLaws #NSW

Global News BC: IHIT deployed to Sunshine Coast over Vancouver man’s suspicious death https://globalnews.ca/news/9987704/sunshine-coast-suspicious-death-ihit/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #IntegratedHimicideInvestigationTeam #SuspiciousDeath #SunshineCoast #henrydoyle #kleinlake #Homicide #Egmont #Crime #IHIT