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Dear Ministers, Councillors, Madam Mayor, Mr Portelli,
In
the Regional City of Liverpool, there is a beautiful urban green space
known as Cooper's Paddock. Although it is just 1km from the bustling
Liverpool CBD, it is an isolated haven of habitat for no less than nine
threatened species, including the Powerful Owl, the Little Lorikeet,
and five rare micro-bat species.
These peaceful woodlands
provide quality breeding and feeding habitat for an extraordinary
variety of birds including raptors, large and small forest birds, four
locally significant species and severally nationally significant
migratory species. It is also habitat for many animal species,
including Grey Headed Flying Foxes and the Green and Golden Bellfrog.
Cooper’s
Paddock contains endangered eucalypt forest protected by law. It is one
of the largest remaining open forest patches in the locality. It is
crucial to the wildlife corridors of Western Sydney.
A
beloved local landmark, to imagine Cooper’s Paddock destroyed provokes
the same sense of horror and outrage that one might feel at the
prospect of the Royal Botanic Gardens or Centennial Park being put to
the bulldozer. Yet, inconceivably, Cooper’s Paddock is about to be
destroyed for an industrial development.
Along with many
other people, I call on Liverpool Council to refuse this rezoning
application, so that Cooper’s Paddock may never be filled with built
environment, and its open space and biodiversity will be preserved for
present and future generations.
I also call on State and
Federal Governments to ensure that this irreplaceable site is acquired
for the people of New South Wales, and becomes the great natural
parkland which the rapidly growing City of Liverpool both needs and
deserves.
More information on Coopers Paddock can be found
on http://savecooperspaddock.com/
Yours faithfully,
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