(Courtesy TVQ Channel 10)
Ipswich wildlife expert and Bellbird Park resident Ric Nattrass has passed away overnight.
Ric was a highly-regarded environmental expert with an unequalled knowledge of Queensland fauna and flora.
He gave many years of his life to the Ipswich Koala Protection Society formerly known as the Woogaroo Koala Protection Society.
In 2006, Ipswich City Council honoured him with the naming of the Ric Nattrass Environmental Park between Bertha Street Goodna and Fiona Street Bellbird Park.
Ric was a wildlife raconteur, writer, and radio presenter on the ABC and 4BC.
Above all, he was a great person with a real love of life who will be very sadly missed by his family and many friends.
PAUL TULLY: paul@tully.org.au
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Let's hope that Ipswich City Council honours Ric's memory by doing a better job in protecting Ipswich's natural environment.
ReplyDeleteRic was opposed to the level of environmental destruction at "Springfelled", as he called it.
He was highly concerned for the impact on wildlife of bushland within the Ipswich City Council area.
Will ICC now work to protect bushland for our native animals?