DEAR News Of The Area,
HERE is a question for the experts.
All state forests were developed to be logged.
They are all mostly single species plantations, as unnatural as any forest can be for wildlife and the environment, particularly if left to grow unlogged forever.
If they were serious about this they would log them first then replant them with a natural mix of tree and plant species.
Otherwise it is nothing more than environmental vandalism.
If you want an example, go to the pine plantations near Cascade outside Dorrigo.
They were planted decades ago then once mature deemed to be unviable to log so have been left untouched since.
The land under them is barren of wildlife, birds or animals.
These state forests will be worse as the mostly flooded gum plantations are a massive fire risk due to the amount of bark they drop.
Celebrate now but brace yourself when the next bushfires start, there will be little left.
Regards,
Chris LAAN,
Urunga.
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