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Thanks for saving Bylong!


Please write a very short message, in your own words, to the Independent Planning Commission and the NSW Government for rejecting the risky Bylong coal mine.  Congratulate them for listening to the experts and protecting this incredible area for its rich soils, precious groundwater and unique heritage values. This means the historic Tarwyn Park property, the home of Natural Sequence Farming, will not be mined.

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  • Sher Canny
    commented 2019-09-18 16:08:06 +1000
    Thank you for your wise and responsible decision.
  • Kim Hardeman
    commented 2019-09-18 16:08:01 +1000
    Our earth thanks you for not supporting another mine for a dirty fuel source.
  • Marion Clarke
    commented 2019-09-18 16:07:38 +1000
    Thanks for your decision supporting people over profit.
  • Sophia Platthy
    commented 2019-09-18 16:07:28 +1000
    So relieved that you’ve made a decision to block the mining of the Bylong. We need more decisions like this to protect our ecosystems, soils and waterways and groundwater from pollution and destruction. Thank you
  • kath Anderson
    commented 2019-09-18 16:07:02 +1000
    Thank you so so much for making this decision.
  • Peter St Clair-Baker
    commented 2019-09-18 16:06:38 +1000
    Thank you for this decision. It will have lasting benefits for future generations.
  • Attica Broderick
    commented 2019-09-18 16:06:36 +1000
    Thank you so much for your care x
  • Kathrine Farn
    commented 2019-09-18 16:06:21 +1000
    Great gratitude, relief, admiration and respect for reaching the decision to save the Bylong Valley from a damaging coal mine. You will be remembered for acting well in this matter of giving coming generations a future.
  • chris oakden
    commented 2019-09-18 16:06:21 +1000
    thank you for preserving our valley.
  • Julie Castree
    commented 2019-09-18 16:06:00 +1000
    Thank you for protecting the Bylong Valley for future generations, the fauna and water table, farming communities, the aesthetic of the area…so many benefits to your decision!
  • Kate Allardice
    commented 2019-09-18 16:05:43 +1000
    Thank you for being the leaders that the community needs and deserves. You have shown foresight and intelligence by making this decision to prohibit coal mining at Bylong.
  • Roslyn Bean
    commented 2019-09-18 16:05:32 +1000
    Wonderful news about the Bylong Valley. Thank you, you give me hope for the future.
  • Deb Collins
    commented 2019-09-18 16:05:23 +1000
    As a one time resident of this beautiful municipality and a visitor during the drawn out community protest for developing this area as a coal mine, can I just say thank you thank you thank you for your prudent research and the conscientious exploration you have engaged in to reject this plan.


    As conservationists wishing to preserve our natural world for future generations, we sadly have very few wins especially against these mighty mining industries.


    We must be serious and immediate in preserving arable land, forests, ground water and communities that favour living and caring for the land and mixed use of resources.


    Thank you, wow . You have made my day and my year. The beautiful Bylong Valley lives on.
  • Anna Fienberg
    commented 2019-09-18 16:04:50 +1000
    Thank you from me and my family , from my children’s generation, and from planet earth. Thank you for a life affirming decision.
  • Nicola Reiss
    commented 2019-09-18 16:04:42 +1000
    Thank you. You have made the best and the right decision to protect our natural heritage.
  • Julia White
    commented 2019-09-18 16:04:37 +1000
    I celebrate the decision not to mine the Bylong Valley. Let’s pursue clean energy and care for our land and our childrens’s future.
  • Diane Glenn
    commented 2019-09-18 16:04:34 +1000
    Thank you! Hope at last for a more sustainable cleaner future!
  • Cherith Devenish
    commented 2019-09-18 16:03:21 +1000
    Thanks for looking to the long term rather than the short term…and valuing our hard working farmers on the land.
  • James FitzSimons
    commented 2019-09-18 16:02:29 +1000
    onya!
  • Margaret Flood
    commented 2019-09-18 16:02:24 +1000
    I finally feel hope in my heart for my children’s future on this planet. Thank you for your wise decision.
  • Dominique Jacobs
    commented 2019-09-18 16:02:05 +1000
    Thank you thank you thank you
  • Jan Harwood
    commented 2019-09-18 16:01:49 +1000
    Dear IPC and NSW GOVERNMENT

    Thanks for being informed on the values of the future … for example for protecting the habitat of the Regent Honeyeater. Here’s hoping we are turning toward the R-economy – rescue, rescue, rescue, Nature !
  • Alison Myors
    commented 2019-09-18 16:01:34 +1000
    Thank you so much for saving the Bylong Valley from coal mining! Australian parents are so relieved that you have prioritised the needs of the next generation over short term, damaging profit-making. Congratulations!
  • Natalie Bayley
    commented 2019-09-18 16:00:48 +1000
    this is such an important decision, thank you
  • Fatemeh Satkin
    commented 2019-09-18 16:00:46 +1000
  • Jackie Curtis
    commented 2019-09-18 16:00:30 +1000
    Thank you for rejecting the Bylong coal mine, and for listening to the experts. You have now protected this incredible area, its precious groundwater and rich soils. Natural sequence farming is the future and I’m so pleased that Tarwyn Park will now be safe.
  • Barbara Bryan
    commented 2019-09-18 16:00:25 +1000
    CONGRATULATIONS on your considered decision to save the Bylong Valley from coal mining ! This country is VITAL for agricultural use and precious groundwater in the light of the extremely widespread and severe droughts now being experienced.
  • Nigel Davis
    commented 2019-09-18 16:00:18 +1000
    Thank you for this great decision. We have to start changing where priorities are allocated. Not to a few ultra rich people, but to the many, many more of everyone else who want health and happiness above material wealth, in the longer term.
  • Richard Forrester
    commented 2019-09-18 16:00:16 +1000
    Thank you so much for you decision.

    Saving water means saving lives.
  • Terence Jordan
    commented 2019-09-18 16:00:08 +1000
    People power helps support community families water is sacred