Aug. 18, 2014, 4 a.m.

ON Peter Yench's sheep farm the bulldozers are ready. When they surge forward, trees will be ripped from the earth, clearing the land for grazing and crops.

Peter Yench

ON Peter Yench's sheep farm the bulldozers are ready. When they surge forward, trees will be ripped from the earth, clearing the land for grazing and crops.

Elsewhere another vast stretch of sparse, dry native forest stands on Mr Yench's land. It is hardly the Daintree, but like all forests it is a sink for carbon dioxide. If it too is brought down then the CO2 stored in the trees will be released, exacerbating climate change.

Mr Yench holds a permit to clear on his western NSW properties, Bulgoo Station and The Meadows. Traditionally the more land a grazier could clear the more sheep they could run, bolstering their economic return.

Reminded of an old farming adage that "the only good tree is a dead tree", Mr Yench smiles in recognition, but retorts: "yeah, but that's not right".

"You got to have both, your balanced country. That's the way I look at it."

Instead of clearing everything, Mr Yench has promised to keep almost 7000 hectares of forest on Bulgoo standing for 100 years. In exchange he receives carbon credits under the federal government's Carbon Farming Initiative. It has proved a healthy alternative revenue stream.

Quietly, another 30-odd landowners in western NSW have promised to do the same or are exploring the option. Like Mr Yench, many are based around the mining and grazing town Cobar. It has quickly become an unlikely national centre for carbon farming.

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Peter Yench of Bulgoo property Cobar NSW receives carbon credits for established forests on his property that will not be cleared for 100 years.

On Peter Yench's sheep farm the bulldozers are ready. When they surge forward, trees will be ripped from the earth, clearing the land for grazing and crops.

Elsewhere another vast stretch of sparse, dry native forest stands on Mr Yench's land. It is hardly the Daintree, but like all forests it is a sink for carbon dioxide. If it too is brought down then the CO2 stored in the trees will be released, exacerbating climate change.

Mr Yench holds a permit to clear on his western NSW properties, Bulgoo Station and The Meadows. Traditionally the more land a grazier could clear the more sheep they could run, bolstering their economic return.

Cobar Grazier Robert Chambers welcomes the income "carbon farming'' brings. Photo: Brendan Esposito

Reminded of an old farming adage that "the only good tree is a dead tree", Mr Yench smiles in recognition, but retorts: "yeah, but that's not right".

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"You got to have both, your balanced country. That's the way I look at it."

Instead of clearing everything, Mr Yench has promised to keep almost 7000 hectares of forest on Bulgoo standing for 100 years. In exchange he receives carbon credits under the federal government's Carbon Farming Initiative. It has proved a healthy alternative revenue stream.

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Peter Yench of Bulgoo property Cobar NSW receives carbon credits for established forests on his property that will not be cleared for 100 years.

On Peter Yench's sheep farm the bulldozers are ready. When they surge forward, trees will be ripped from the earth, clearing the land for grazing and crops.

Elsewhere another vast stretch of sparse, dry native forest stands on Mr Yench's land. It is hardly the Daintree, but like all forests it is a sink for carbon dioxide. If it too is brought down then the CO2 stored in the trees will be released, exacerbating climate change.

Mr Yench holds a permit to clear on his western NSW properties, Bulgoo Station and The Meadows. Traditionally the more land a grazier could clear the more sheep they could run, bolstering their economic return.

Cobar Grazier Robert Chambers welcomes the income "carbon farming'' brings. Photo: Brendan Esposito

Reminded of an old farming adage that "the only good tree is a dead tree", Mr Yench smiles in recognition, but retorts: "yeah, but that's not right".

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"You got to have both, your balanced country. That's the way I look at it."

Instead of clearing everything, Mr Yench has promised to keep almost 7000 hectares of forest on Bulgoo standing for 100 years. In exchange he receives carbon credits under the federal government's Carbon Farming Initiative. It has proved a healthy alternative revenue stream.

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Published August 14, 2014

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Workers are clearing land in northern Kentucky to build a long-stalled tourist attraction featuring Noah's Ark.

Ken Ham, head of the Christian ministry Answers in Genesis, posted video of the excavation work on his Facebook page this week.

It is the first sign of large-scale construction activity at the site in Grant County since controversial plans for the 510-foot long biblical ark were announced by Answers in Genesis in 2010. The project had been delayed when private donations did not keep pace with the construction timeline.

Answers in Genesis said in a news release that the project also recently secured a federal permit that is allowing construction to proceed. Last month, a state tourism board gave preliminary approval for up to $18 million in tax rebates for the ark attraction.

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A bat flies about trees at Lawn Terrace, Capalaba. PHOTO: Judith Kerr IMAGE

Scrub at Lawn Terrace, Capalaba. PHOTO: Judith Kerr

REDLAND City Council will start clearing land housing a bat colony in Lawn Terrace, Capalaba, tonight.

The work, expected to be completed by this Friday, will start 10 days after the federal government issued the council a permit for the work.

The federal permit, known as a "referral decision", was issued on Tuesday (August 5) and allows the council to "nudge" black and grey-headed flying foxes away from houses by clearing scrub bordering nearby Valentine Park.

However, exasperated Lawn Terrace resident Lyn Sloane said it was imperative the council did not miss an August 16 deadline to move the colony before the bat breeding season.

Ms Sloane said she was delighted the works would finally start after three years of being driven batty.

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Aug. 11, 2014, 3 p.m.

Land clearing to entice bats away from houses

A bat flies about trees at Lawn Terrace, Capalaba. PHOTO: Judith Kerr IMAGE

Scrub at Lawn Terrace, Capalaba. PHOTO: Judith Kerr

REDLAND City Council will start clearing land housing a bat colony in Lawn Terrace, Capalaba, tonight.

The work, expected to be completed by this Friday, will start 10 days after the federal government issued the council a permit for the work.

The federal permit, known as a "referral decision", was issued on Tuesday (August 5) and allows the council to "nudge" black and grey-headed flying foxes away from houses by clearing scrub bordering nearby Valentine Park.

However, exasperated Lawn Terrace resident Lyn Sloane said it was imperative the council did not miss an August 16 deadline to move the colony before the bat breeding season.

Ms Sloane said she was delighted the works would finally start after three years of being driven batty.

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