Courier-Mail: PLANS to abandon water monitoring in coastal Queensland were afoot when Premier Anna Bligh unveiled her campaign to save the Great Barrier Reef. An email leaked to Greens MP Ronan Lee has revealed the Environmental Protection Agency was planning to slash funding to its water science division. The October 7 email warned that EPA budget cuts would mean monthly monitoring of estuaries between Noosa and north Queensland would have to be abandoned. The revelation is a major …