Work restarts at Mainshill, resistance needed!

Forestry Com­mis­sion work­ers this morn­ing re-start­ed clear-felling large areas of plan­ta­tion in prepa­ra­tion for a new open cast coal mine. When the clear-felling start­ed in June, Main­shill sol­i­dar­i­ty camp was set up to stop work on the site and occu­py it, pre­vent­ing any fur­ther felling and pre­vent­ing any of the wood being removed from the site. Sup­port is need­ed to pre­vent this destruc­tion.

Forestry Com­mis­sion work­ers this morn­ing re-start­ed clear-felling large areas of plan­ta­tion in prepa­ra­tion for a new open cast coal mine. When the clear-felling start­ed in June, Main­shill sol­i­dar­i­ty camp was set up to stop work on the site and occu­py it, pre­vent­ing any fur­ther felling and pre­vent­ing any of the wood being removed from the site. Sup­port is need­ed to pre­vent this destruc­tion.

The area of plan­ta­tion is well with­in the intend­ed exca­va­tion area on the site. In addi­tion, Scot­tish Coal have still not car­ried out the exten­sive eco­log­i­cal sur­vey at Main­shill that was a con­di­tion of the plan­ning approval. How can an accu­rate sur­vey be con­duct­ed after all the wood­land has been removed? Bad­ger sets, bats and nests of birds of prey have all bee seen in the plan­ta­tion at Main­shill.

The Sol­i­dar­i­ty Camp will stop any work from tak­ing place on the site in prepa­ra­tion for the nine – there is no com­mu­ni­ty con­sent for this project.

Come to the camp this week to resist more clear-felling – the longer prepara­to­ry work is delayed, the greater the cost to Scot­tish Coal and the stronger this cam­paign grows!

http://mainshill.noflag.org.uk/