Carp the only losers in Tuggeranong waterways revamp

Good to read!

dungfungus said :

What is CNP stand for?

Canberra Nature Park

Roksteddy said :

dungfungus said :

The wider solution is to cull the foxes – perhaps concurrently with the annual kangaroo shoot?

Two totally different management situations. The roo cull is carried out in discreet areas (CNP). A fox cull would have to occur throughout the urban area. I don’t think we can have shooters wandering through people’s backyards.

What is CNP stand for?

While foxes hunt in urban areas they have their lairs in nature reserves which I understand are the same places as the roo culls occur. I can’t see the problem in coordinating both activities.

And licensed shooters with registered firearms are welcome in my backyard, anytime.

Yo Yo said :

Who do we write to to request they build islands for turtles to safely nest on away from foxes etc? As they’re struggling with over 90% of nests plundered by foxes

The wetlands that are being constructed as part of this project will help protect the turtles

dungfungus said :

The wider solution is to cull the foxes – perhaps concurrently with the annual kangaroo shoot?

Two totally different management situations. The roo cull is carried out in discreet areas (CNP). A fox cull would have to occur throughout the urban area. I don’t think we can have shooters wandering through people’s backyards.

Yo Yo said :

Who do we write to to request they build islands for turtles to safely nest on away from foxes etc? As they’re struggling with over 90% of nests plundered by foxes

Indeed this is a problem as the NSW department of environment quotes: “In NSW, freshwater turtles face many threats. Introduced foxes and pigs rob their nests and in some areas consume over 90% of their eggs. The baby turtles that hatch from the few remaining eggs have to contend with turtle-eating fish, birds and other predators. Adult turtles are protected by their shells from most natural predators when they are in the water, but when they venture onto land they can be killed by dogs, foxes or pigs, or crushed by motor vehicles.”

The “pond” at the corner of Bugden Avenue and Nicklin Crescent in Fadden recently had an island created in it; perhaps this is part of a plan to protect our freshwater turtles although that dam is full of carp (this may be short-lived hopefully). I have never seen turtles anywhere near that dam actually.

The wider solution is to cull the foxes – perhaps concurrently with the annual kangaroo shoot?

Who do we write to to request they build islands for turtles to safely nest on away from foxes etc? As they’re struggling with over 90% of nests plundered by foxes

“Water quality has been a big issue in Tuggeranong. It has been suggested that the area’s infamous smell may owe to stale water.”

That may be true for the area around the lake but the “other” smells to the north of Tuggeranong are emanating from the Mugga Lane land fill, composting facility and the infrastructure there.