![]() Woodley said the biodiversity plans were “extremely important”. “The delays are prejudicing the management of devastating impacts from the future spread of pest fish and pathogens in particular from Talbingo Reservoir up to Tantangara Reservoir and thence throughout the Snowy Mountains and beyond.” “None of these plans have been completed, and are now overdue by seven to 19 months,” the report said. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup At particular risk was the last remaining colony of the critically endangered stocky galaxias fish. Of concern was the lack of plans to deal with biosecurity risks from the huge project to drill tunnels as long as 27km and build an underground power station. “Clearly, almost three years down the track, they’re not being met, and wherever you look, there are plans that haven’t been prepared,” Woodley said. ![]() Ted Woodley, a former energy executive and a co-author of the NPA report, said the whole project – inside the Kosciuszko national park – had been approved subject to a total of 125 environmental conditions being met. It would “assess the continued non-compliance”. ![]() ![]() The department told the NPA this month it had “taken informal enforcement action (warning letter) against Snowy Hydro on 10 August 2022 for the failure at the time to have a number of management plans approved within the required timeframe”. ![]()
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