Courtesy of Peri Coleman, Principal Consultant, Delta Environmental Consulting
"Our call for the gypsum ponds to be taken permanently out of production still stands. As usual DEM has acted in concert with the miner, WITH NO PUBLIC INPUT"
On the DEM website this morning:
"8 January 2021
Stabilising the Dry Creek salt fields is a government priority, with several regulatory actions currently underway.
The company's plans to satisfy the direction issued on 24 December 2020 have already commenced with on-ground works expected early next week.
Government regulators are actively monitoring the site, including vegetation mapping and hydrological analysis.
Formal investigation into the cause of the mangrove dieback and any compliance actions continues.
Government shares community concerns regarding the environment surrounding the salt fields, and is focused on stabilising the site in both the short and long term."
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Please continue sharing the site and petition with as many people as you can, we are over 6,000 signatories now, but it is going to take a lot more than that to grab this state government's attention!
I have created a short video as a personal public plea for people to sign the petition, please feel free to share it on your social feeds.
https://vimeo.com/499206244
Other video's are on the site and all are free to share in helping spread the word.
If you are interested in sharing your thoughts about this continuing disaster on video as an ongoing series of video's with the public expressing their experiences and opinions of the government inaction occurring to remedy this environmental disaster, please let me know. I will be at the St Kilda Mangroves this Thursday morning, until about 1pm. My email is alexmausolf8@gmail.com Thanks.
Hoping you are all keeping well and safe.
Kindest regards,
Alex