Environmental groups have launched a campaign against a proposed irrigation development on Gogo Station in the Kimberley, claiming the project could do irreversible damage to the Fitzroy River.
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| Gogo Station wants to expand its irrigated fodder operation in the Kimberley. |
Gogo is planning to use floodwater from a tributary known as Blue Bush Creek, to grow around 5,000 hectares of fodder crops for its cattle, and is currently seeking the necessary approvals from the State Government.
The campaign against the proposal, led by the Broome-based Environs Kimberley, says Gogo's plan to draw water into large storage dams makes no sense and contradicts government plans to create the Fitzroy River National Park.
Environs Kimberley's Jason Fowler said it was a big project that posed a major risk to the environment.
Read the ABC News Rural story - “Irrigation plans for Kimberley's Gogo Station facing green wall of opposition.”
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