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URGENT: Tree sitters needed at Dalkeith, Edinburgh

road blocker | 14.12.2005 17:29 | Ecology

11 trees felled today, work stopped, but really need more tree sitters.

Come and do something really useful during the christmas break, and come save trees at wildlife rich Dalkeith Park, outside Edinburgh. This campaign is very winnable, and there is terrific local support.

This is really urgent and tomorrow maybe too late...

The Scottish Executive desperately want to feel these trees illegally, as there are bat roosts in them. This is their third attempt to fell, and they have been stopped each time, but with some losses... the camp NEEDS MORE PEOPLE... if you turn up you will really make a difference.

The Park is beautiful with loads of wildlife.

Call Fudge on 07745 115597

and see  http://www.save-dalkeith-park.org.uk

for background to the campaign

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Edinburgh Evening News - 15 Dec

16.12.2005 20:49

Edinburgh Evening News
Thu 15 Dec 2005

Final eviction order for park protesters

A SECOND and final eviction notice has been served on protesters living in trees in Dal-keith Park.

The notice, issued by Edinburgh Sheriff Court, means sheriff's officers can now enter all sections of the park to remove an eight-strong group who are refusing to leave the treetops.

The protesters, campaigning against the felling of trees to make way for the £30 million A68 bypass, yesterday reported that a dozen trees had been chopped down and are bracing themselves to be forcibly removed.

The trees currently occupied by protesters, on the north-west side of the 850-acre park, need to be cut down to make way for the new road. However, the protesters claim they are home to a large number of bats in the spring and summer months - an argument denied by Scottish Natural Heritage.

The proposed road was originally granted permission in 1993, but then delayed indefinitely in 1999 by the Scottish Executive.

Campaigners are angry that there has not been an environmental impact assessment carried out and claim the impact of major changes to the transport network have not been taken into account.

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