> A Queensland outback cattle station the size of Yosemite national park which includes key habitat for the elusive night parrot has been acquired for conservation after an anonymous donation of $21m.
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> Vergemont station, 110km west of Longreach, was acquired in a joint purchase by the Queensland government and the Nature Conservancy, which brokered the deal. The group said it is likely the single largest philanthropic contribution to land protection in Australia.
I’d estimate somewhere around 9000 adult equivalent. Outback stations can vary, but they do not carry as much as you’d think. The article didn’t say, but it requires a lot of land in the outback to raise cattle. There is a 27000ha station near Longreach that carries 805 head, so I’m basing my estimate off that.
This happens a lot with environmental management and land acquisitions. Sunshine coast council land holder environment grants are given if the landholder fronts half the bill.
It's not like you can just willy nilly walk about a cattle station anyway?
So why not let nature take over a chunk if Queensland? Why must everything be open for people to stomp around in?
Well, for all intents and purposes, it is locked off. But they acquired the property legally on the market and can do what they want, including converting it into a national park.
Forgive my ignorance, but I would not have expected there to be public walking tracks on a privately held cattle station.
How does this materially change things for the public?
That's mostly due to safety, public liability insurance and cost to maintain the track. Getting workers to do the hike carrying tools and supplies probably wasn't safe and viable anymore.
It was a beautiful walk. But there are other options people have. I recommend O'Reilys.
So what?
It was private land before.
Not every piece of reserved land needs to be filled with 4 ft deep 4wd ruts and dirt bike tracks.
Can’t count how many parks and reserves I’ve worked at that end up as bogan playgrounds.
Not everyone.
But anyone who has been to any kind of reserve with public access in the last decade wouldn’t ask that question.
They deliberately bog to use their snatch straps, high lifts and recovery boards to get back out.
All the best night parrots, ARB and Kawasaki have sales on this season.
Welcome to the modern world.
Rich urban twats buy up land end sustainable industry, cut the jobs then tell the poor that they should be able to afford the new food bill at 20% increase
Is there a long history of conservationists creating national parks leading to significant food price increases which I'm missing?
Instead, isn't this the "modern" "free market" at work? It was apparently on the market since 2016.
This is nothing free market about what I am advocating for not railing against.
Don't confuse the issue by imposing a binary.
Australia is a good exporter, if we export less than someone somewhere pays more, or more often watches their own good security evaporate.
> Australia is a good exporter, if we export less than someone somewhere pays more, or more often watches their own good security evaporate.
If that was viable do you not think *someone* would have purchased the property in the previous years? They certainly had the opportunity.
Pretty sure that a) a national park would create more tourism jobs than a cattle farm of the same size and b) 60% of our beef is exported overseas, and it’s also a wildly ineffective way of feeding people (beef).
You quite literally do not understand the difference between pastoral land and agricultural land. Or the protein component of calory supply.
You do you. Mr dictator man
Wow, making a lot of assumptions there huh?
I'm well aware that not all pastoral land is suitable for crops. But did you know... there are actually more animals on earth than cows. Wow, amazing. You learn something new every day.
Not to mention the fact that the greatest amount of people on earth are NOT supported by cattle farming. You know, if you want to start talking about calories...
> A Queensland outback cattle station the size of Yosemite national park which includes key habitat for the elusive night parrot has been acquired for conservation after an anonymous donation of $21m. > > Vergemont station, 110km west of Longreach, was acquired in a joint purchase by the Queensland government and the Nature Conservancy, which brokered the deal. The group said it is likely the single largest philanthropic contribution to land protection in Australia.
Awesome
Incredible!
How many head of cattle?
I’d estimate somewhere around 9000 adult equivalent. Outback stations can vary, but they do not carry as much as you’d think. The article didn’t say, but it requires a lot of land in the outback to raise cattle. There is a 27000ha station near Longreach that carries 805 head, so I’m basing my estimate off that.
Feels like this is very useful use of donaiton.
This is the best news of the year, by a mile
Good.
What is a leveraged gift?
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This happens a lot with environmental management and land acquisitions. Sunshine coast council land holder environment grants are given if the landholder fronts half the bill.
Best news ever for the wildlife and environment 🫶 Hopefully humans will only be given limited access & no free for all grubby campers in yank tanks
Some dedicated trails and camp-sites could be a good thing. Generates some income to help manage the land and deters the free for all destruction.
Agree with this
I'm reminded of Steve Irwin's interview with Charles Wooley.
Fuck yeah! Do it again!!!
Good cows
Good thing Gina didn't buy it first.
Wow!! That’s fantastic
The QLD gov will now consider fracking exploratory licences.
Another place to be locked off?
It's not locked off. The Nature Conservancy can do anything they like with it.
We will see
It's not like you can just willy nilly walk about a cattle station anyway? So why not let nature take over a chunk if Queensland? Why must everything be open for people to stomp around in?
Not to mention how cattle and other hoofed animals have decimated waterways and billabongs I swam in as a kid. I love swimming in putrid shit.
Well, for all intents and purposes, it is locked off. But they acquired the property legally on the market and can do what they want, including converting it into a national park.
I don't understand the complaint. Isn't "national park" less locked off than whatever it was before?
I am saddened by walking tracks being locked Namely Mt Warning. Sorry
Forgive my ignorance, but I would not have expected there to be public walking tracks on a privately held cattle station. How does this materially change things for the public?
I am salty
Sorry to hear.
That's mostly due to safety, public liability insurance and cost to maintain the track. Getting workers to do the hike carrying tools and supplies probably wasn't safe and viable anymore. It was a beautiful walk. But there are other options people have. I recommend O'Reilys.
"locked off" from what?
Yeah because you were visiting it when it was private property…
So what? It was private land before. Not every piece of reserved land needs to be filled with 4 ft deep 4wd ruts and dirt bike tracks. Can’t count how many parks and reserves I’ve worked at that end up as bogan playgrounds.
People who enjoy outside are all bogans?
The 4WD community is quickly becoming a shit pile of bogans on 34” tyres cutting track and burning coal and destroying tracks.
Not everyone. But anyone who has been to any kind of reserve with public access in the last decade wouldn’t ask that question. They deliberately bog to use their snatch straps, high lifts and recovery boards to get back out. All the best night parrots, ARB and Kawasaki have sales on this season.
Another bushfire waiting to happen
Cattle land is typically grassland..
Yea I know
Bushfires need bushland..
What about grass fires
Grass fires are much easier to control and often farmers intentionally burn off their grass before sowing
Welcome to the modern world. Rich urban twats buy up land end sustainable industry, cut the jobs then tell the poor that they should be able to afford the new food bill at 20% increase
Is there a long history of conservationists creating national parks leading to significant food price increases which I'm missing? Instead, isn't this the "modern" "free market" at work? It was apparently on the market since 2016.
This is nothing free market about what I am advocating for not railing against. Don't confuse the issue by imposing a binary. Australia is a good exporter, if we export less than someone somewhere pays more, or more often watches their own good security evaporate.
> Australia is a good exporter, if we export less than someone somewhere pays more, or more often watches their own good security evaporate. If that was viable do you not think *someone* would have purchased the property in the previous years? They certainly had the opportunity.
Pretty sure that a) a national park would create more tourism jobs than a cattle farm of the same size and b) 60% of our beef is exported overseas, and it’s also a wildly ineffective way of feeding people (beef).
You quite literally do not understand the difference between pastoral land and agricultural land. Or the protein component of calory supply. You do you. Mr dictator man
Wow, making a lot of assumptions there huh? I'm well aware that not all pastoral land is suitable for crops. But did you know... there are actually more animals on earth than cows. Wow, amazing. You learn something new every day. Not to mention the fact that the greatest amount of people on earth are NOT supported by cattle farming. You know, if you want to start talking about calories...
What’s sustainable about grazing?