The final stage of a long-term operation to gradually harvest and replant timber plantations will begin this month in Tarkeeth State Forest, southeast of Bellingen. Forestry Corporation of NSW’s Plantation Manager Craig Busby said an operation would be carried out over the coming mont

A landmark Green Triangle study into plantation water use is underway in an effort to regain access to state-controlled water and stop the growing loss of forestry estate in South Australia. Source: Timberbiz Over the past five years more than 30,000 hectares of plantation has not bee

An offer to buy the fire-damaged bluegum plantations on Kangaroo Island and return them to farmland has been out to the owners. Converting Kangaroo Island’s burnt timber plantations to farming land would boost the island’s economy, provide extra jobs and reduce the fire risk, some com

Red Stag in New Zealand has announced that it will open a new wood processing plant in a few weeks to produce CLT. It is hoped that the new plant may help alleviate the country’s timber shortage according to Red Stage group CEO Marty Verry. Source: Timberbiz The plant, says Verry, wil

Södra is investing in a new facility that will increase the production capacity of timber frames ten-fold. The facility is expected to be commissioned in mid-2022 and is being built at its plant in Värö, north of Varberg in Sweden, where Södra’s first CLT facility is located. Source:

Morbark recently introduced a new patent-pending Vtection system option for their 3000, 3400, and 6400 series Wood Hog Horizontal Grinders. The Vtection system monitors rotor vibration to reduce damage from contact with un-shreddable objects or other causes of damaging vibration like

Canada’s British Columbia (BC) Supreme Court has reserved a decision on an injunction application by logging company Teal Jones Group to remove protesters and blockades from its logging operations near Port Renfrew. In its application, Teal Jones asked for the removal of an eight-mont

Leading experts have come together to share their research as part of a national action plan to combat the highly invasive fungal disease myrtle rust. Acting Chief Environmental Biosecurity Officer Elyse Herrald-Woods said the symposium offered the opportunity for experts across gover

An exciting milestone was reached at the Latrobe Creative Precinct as the last of the 10 feature “trees” were installed. The 10 “trees” – up to 8.5m high – have been created in conjunction with Australian Sustainable Hardwoods’ technical partner TGA Engineering to be a feature of the