Qld: Dam builders sued to save lungfish

AAP General News (Australia) | October 7, 2008 | Copyright

AAP General News (Australia)
10-07-2008
Qld: Dam builders sued to save lungfish

By Steve Gray

BRISBANE, Oct 7 AAP - A coalition of environmental groups says legal action launched
today against the builders of a dam in southeast Queensland could affect the proposed
Traveston Crossing dam.

The lawsuit alleges that a fishway built for the unique lungfish at Paradise dam on
the Burnett River, 80km southwest of Bundaberg, does not work, endangering the species
which is considered a "living fossil".

The Wide Bay Burnett Conservation Council (WBBCC) has applied for an injunction against
Burnett ...

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