The first notification to the public was a small sign at the entrance to the forest, posted in the weeks just before Christmas 2021
The Impacts of Logging
Logging will likely lead to irreversible damage & destruction of this forest & the animals who rely on it. The presence of myrtle rust in this forest (and all other SEQ eucalypt forests) is likely to make any recovery from logging problematic.
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This is the last chance to log this forest before it becomes protected.
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The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries plan to selectively remove up to 50% of the trees in this forest.
What is 50%?
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Code of Practice (“Code of practice for native forest timber production on Queensland’s State forest estate 2020”) stipulates their version of sustainable logging.
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This is based on the basal area of the tree. So rather than 50% of the number of trees being removed it will look more like all trees have been removed except ten old hollowed habitat trees in each ha (that’s approx one tree every 32sqm).
Have a look at the graphic below for an illustration of this impact.
Mill not mulch
Currently during the clearing of native remnant vegetation for the building of infrastructure such as rail and roads, hardwood trees are mulched by huge mulching machines instead of being used for timber.
This needs to be addressed so the timber from these clearing operations is not wasted.
