Another Reason Not To Build Traveston Crossing Dam
While we’ve heard a lot about the impact that the building of the Traveston Crossing Dam will have on people around the region not a great deal has been said about the impact on the environment.
I guess that’s only to be expected. People can make a lot of noise while the environment makes none - it just suffers in silence. But that doesn’t mean that the environment won’t be affected because it will.
In fact it looks as though the building of the dam will destroy the habitat of one very ancient and very unusual fish. You might not think that the fate of one endangered fish species is of much concern when there is a need for Brisbane to be kept in a regular supply of drinking water but when there are alternatives to the dam then perhaps we should be thinking more seriously about the Queensland lungfish.
Andrew Bartlett wrote a very interesting piece in his blog about why this fish is important and it’s well worth reading. You will find it here.
Of course the environment isn’t just the Queensland lungfish. If the dam is built there will be a major impact on Great Sandy Straights and that will impact on us here in Hervey Bay. Mr Beattie is trying to tell us that there won’t be an impact that we will feel … but I wonder what he’ll say when irreversible problems do arise?
Oh … that’s right, he will probably have retired by then and there’s no accountability for retired politicians - just a lot of lurks and perks that the rest of us can’t enjoy.
Like the Queensland lungfish the Great Sandy Straights doesn’t have a voice of its own but some people are trying to remedy that and ourgreatsandy.com is telling the world about the damage that the dam will bring.
