Thousands of timber bridges crossing rivers and creeks and linking isolated communities to the rest of Australia are in serious disrepair but local councils cannot afford to fix or replace them all. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
The Pine aphid, a devastating pest that causes more than $20 million in lost wood production to the softwood industry each year, is under pressure from a biological control taking hold in pine growing regions across NSW. Source: Timberbiz
Voters will have the tough task of choosing just one project from the 2014 Australian Timber Design Awards, with the People’s Choice gallery now open for public viewing and voting. Source: Architecture & Design
In our last Daily Timber News service we promoted an engineered wood function that was to be held in New Zealand. This function will, in fact, be held in the Brisbane suburb of Hamilton.
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry John McVeigh, will see the jobs and investment delivered by Superior Wood’s Imbil and Melawondi sawmill and manufacturing plants on his he visit to Mary Valley today. Source: Timberbiz
Forestry Tasmania managing director Bob Gordon told the inquiry into the Triabunna woodchip mill that timber company Gunns had become ‘‘erratic and unpredictable’’ in the lead-up to the sale of the mill. Source: The Examiner
Environmentalist and Wotif founder Graeme Wood has flagged court action against the chairman of the committee set up to investigate the sale, closure and dismantling of the Triabunna wood chip mill. Source: The Examiner
Machines that fell trees by remote control are being hailed as important new tools and a world first for reducing deaths and injuries in forests. Source: The New Zealand Herald
Bodalla Park rest area and Mummaga Lake walking track in Bodalla State Forest will be temporarily closed from mid-August for the safety of visitors during timber harvesting in the area. Source: Narooma News