Rehabilitation of mine sites provides a chance to save the landscape

Louise Nichols
Updated December 15 2016 - 9:49am, first published December 14 2016 - 12:19pm
SUCCESS: Tarwyn Park, Bylong Valley an example of a successful re-hydrated landscape - methods that could be adopted throughout the Hunter Valley in particular on post-mining sites. Photograph: Kate Ausburn
SUCCESS: Tarwyn Park, Bylong Valley an example of a successful re-hydrated landscape - methods that could be adopted throughout the Hunter Valley in particular on post-mining sites. Photograph: Kate Ausburn

We must stop making deserts and instead turn our attention to turning our landscape into Garden of Edens.

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Louise Nichols

Louise Nichols

Senior journalist

From cattle to coal. Once a specialist agriculture writer today its about community, in particular, the Upper Hunter. I have lived and worked in the region for more than 30 years. Land use issues and the future direction of our region. But you cannot take ag out of the picture - our food and how we grow it is the basis of all life. Covering the Hunter and Mid North Coast rural issues is now part of my role with ACM.

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