Ron ,
All of the average size swamps are drained around here- this was to stop the Salinity from over Irrigation . A lot of the swamps are now dry and suffering .Wildlife is restricted to "Islands" of restricted biodiversity .
As a farmer I get no Environmental Allocation - why not in the present circumstances ?
Our local Water Authority told me the Environment was "not their problem" .
And Fair go runner, you wanting to respect people above anything else alive on the planet ?.Remember the seating arrangements on Noahah's Ark ?
We happily spend Trillions of Dollars killing people we can not understand [and don't want too ]!
We spend next to nothing on preventable diseases and Poverty and just to make our lives more comfortable, we encourage Abortion when it suits us .
Wake up and Give more water to the Environment !