THE RYDE HUNTER’S HILL FLORA AND FAUNA PRESERVATION SOCIETY
invites you to our next special Saturday event:
BEYOND THE SANDSTONE CURTAIN:
water, wetlands and woodlands - an illustrated presentation by Bev Smiles
Saturday 5th November 2.30pm
Field of Mars Reserve and Wildlife Refuge, East Ryde.
West of the Great Dividing Range, away from the major population centres, NSW faces some of its biggest environmental challenges: will the draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan provide water for our wetlands? who owns the water anyway? are our agricultural lands secure or are they fast becoming gas fields? will there be any woodlands left in the central west of NSW? what happens to the birds that depend on these woodlands and wetlands? will they, like the ibis and white cockatoo adapt to urban life or will they disappear?
Bev is President of the Inland Rivers Network, a coalition of environment groups and individuals concerned about the degradation of the water systems of the Murray-Darling Basin. She is the western representative on the Nature Conservation Council of NSW, western networker for National Parks Association and represents conservation interests on a number of NSW Government advisory committees in western NSW.
We invite you to go "beyond the sandstone curtain" and join us at the Field of Mars Reserve on Saturday 5th November to hear about these challenging, sometimes contentious issues from someone who is directly concerned with them.
The Field of Mars is along Pittwater Rd, between East Ryde and Boronia Park. Local access is via a number of streets, nearest bus route is the 506 service between the city and Macquarie Centre. Parking at Pittwater Rd entrance.
For bookings and further information, including about access for people with walking difficulties, please contact:
Cathy on ph. 9817 4935 or email the Society on rhhffps@gmail.com.
