Letter to the Editor: The importance of protecting trees

DEAR News Of The Area,

I HAVE read with interest letters published in NOTA about a proposal by Nambucca Valley Council to introduce a tree preservation order. 

I am delighted that Council is giving consideration to this proposal.

However the suggestion that a tree is not worth preserving unless it has a large girth is ludicrous.

Many trees would never grow to be large enough to be protected no matter how long they live.

I am the recipient of the Australia Day Environmental award from Council for my work in establishing a number of gardens in and around Nambucca Heads.

None of the trees that we planted would be protected by this order.

Neither would any of the trees that Council has planted round the town.

I was also the recipient of a community services award when Ganly’s Gardeners was established more than 20 years ago.

During that time too many trees were being removed from our suburban landscape.

Sadly as I write this email I can hear the sound of chain saws and an industrial mulcher… another tree has been chopped down.

No shade, no habitat for birds, butterflies or insects.

What a waste!

Please readers do everything you can to protect trees in the Nambucca Valley Shire.

Regards,

Lil GANLY,
Nambucca Heads.