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Conservation groups, represented by members Alan Scoble, Lawrence Gaffney, Sharon Murray, Susan Bellamy, Barb Conway with Jett Palmer, Kate Warne, Maureen Bond, Karen Garth, Sandra Palmer daughter Millie, Arthur Harford, Ruth Harrison and Michael Mifsud, want Haining Farm (background) revegetated as part of the Yellingbo Conservation Area. 179339 Picture: Rob Carew.
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fect on tourism or agriculture. Cr Child however Members of Yarra Ranges Conservation Alliance (YRCA) attended the meeting, which came a week after a packed public meeting on Thursday, 23 March, called by the Yarra Waterways Group, which is continuing to lobby against aspects of the Yellingbo Conservation Area, including the inclusion of Haining Farm. Continued on page 3
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resentative on the Haining Farm Implementation Committee. He reiterated that while the State Government had made their decision, the Council wants assurances around a number of points, including that there be no increased bushfire risk, maintenance must be adequately funded by government, pest animals and weeds must be addressed and there must be no adverse ef-
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As Yarra Ranges Council calls on the State Government to have the Don Valley community represented in the Haining Farm Implementation Committee, conservation groups, and the Department of Land, Water & Planning (DELWP) have defended the need, and methods, for revegetating the Don Valley farmland.
While the plan for the farm to be revegetated as part of the Yellingbo Conservation Area has been approved, community input on the draft design plan is currently open, with the final Conservation Area Plan set to be released in June. Council supported Cr Jim Child's motion to write to the Minister for Environment, Lily D'Ambrosio MP to appoint a Don Valley rep-
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By Kath Gannaway