To the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly,
We, the undersigned, acknowledge that environmentally significant lands in Wollondilly and Southern Highlands need protection and connection to the surrounding National Parks.
Without protection and designation as a National Park, the land remains under fragmented Crown land management, with no investment in or protection of Aboriginal artefacts.
We ask the Legislative Assembly to call on the NSW Government to:
1. Acknowledge that protecting Crown Lands in the Southern Highlands and Wollondilly adjacent to the National Park lands is of state significance.
2. Establish the Southern Highlands-Wollondilly National Park encompassing the existing National Park Lands and Crown lands around the Bargo River Gorge in the North, Mount Alexandra in the South of Wollondilly and further south towards Morton National Park.
3. Affirm that the proposal to establish the Southern Highlands-Wollondilly National Park meets National Parks and Wildlife Service acquisition criteria, including vision to improve the comprehensiveness, catchment protection, ecosystem function and landscape connectivity across Wollondilly Electorate.
4. Agree to transfer Crown Lands at the abovementioned locations to the National Parks and Wildlife Service and prepare a suitable Plan of Management specifically for the Southern Highlands National Park in consultation with relevant stakeholders.
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