2016-01-14
Greens Member for South Metropolitan Lynn MacLaren MLC believes clearing laws may have been breached by a Main Roads contractor who felled a jarrah tree believed to be hundreds of years old in the Roe 8 road reserve early Tuesday morning.
“Under clearing laws administered by the WA Department of Environmental Regulation, all native vegetation is protected, be it dead or alive, and in this case, an expert botanist has described the tree that was cut down as having been healthy,” Ms MacLaren said.
“I saw the scarred tree stump this morning. I was shocked by how large it is. The botanist on site pointed out how important these ancient jarrah trees are for their hollows and habitat for insects.
“The bees could have been relocated or destroyed on site by City of Cockburn contractors.
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