The Otway bushfire that destroyed more than 100 houses at Wye River and Separation Creek should have been contained before Christmas Day, foresters say. Source: The Age And if no lessons are learned from the disaster then popular Great Ocean Road towns will be at risk again in the yea
Tasmania’s forestry industry, and not the State Government, can claim credit for a significant jump in woodchip exports over the past 12 months, the Opposition and the Greens have said. Source: ABC News The industry is emerging from years of turmoil and decline, with new operato
Registrations are open for the Gottstein Wood Science course in February, lauded for many years as the most important industry educational event of its kind. Source: Timberbiz A host of top-flight speakers have been confirmed for the event in Melbourne to be held at the CSIRO Clayton
The West Australian Government has outlined a significant restructure of the state sandalwood industry for 2016. Source: ABC Rural The changes will include a reduction in wild sandalwood harvest quotas as well as a modification of industry sales and marketing structures. The Legislati
The directors of a unique underwater logging operation, underway in a remote western Tasmanian location, say they are pleased with the outcome of their first online timber auction. Source: ABC News The call for tenders closed and general manager Darryn Crook said 36 of the 38 logs off
The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service has defended its tender process for a red gum thinning trial in a southern Riverina park, after criticism from Deniliquin Council. Source: ABC Rural The NSW Government is seeking federal approval for the trial in 22 areas of the Murray Valle
The director of Tasmania’s Conservation Trust wants assurances from the Tasmanian State Government that they intend to end broad scale clearing of native vegetation. Source: ABC Rural Just before Christmas, Resources Minister Paul Harriss announced a six-month extension to the r
Delays from the EPA in pursuing fines issued to the Forestry Corporation for bulldozing through exclusion areas means they will not be paid. Source: The Daily Examiner The Forestry Corporation was fined $11,000 for bulldozing a road through two koala high-use trees and 24 threatened p
Logging opponents in Tasmania’s north-west are providing training sessions for residents who want to participate in protests. Source: ABC News The Forests of Lapoinya Action Group (FLAG) is lobbying to protect 49 hectares of native regrowth forest, which according to FLAG is hom
AUStimber 2016 will be a multi-function event for leading harvesting and processing head designer and manufacturer Waratah. “We will be utilising the opportunity to host our Worldwide Waratah Distribution meeting as well host a number of customers and design engineers from all o