The public consultation period for Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers’ proposed Smith Bay Wharf is now open. The South Australian Minister for Planning, Transport and Infrastructure made the announcement and published notices in The Advertiser in Adelaide and The Islander on Kangaroo

Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Nationals, Michael McCormack, has backed a Regional Forestry Hub in the South West Slopes (Tumut-Tumbarumba region) of southern NSW. In a letter released by the South West Slopes’ Softwoods Working Group (SWG), the Deputy Prime Minister expresse

The Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) has announced US$11.7 million deal to preserve two redwood forests totaling 937 acres in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It’s the organization’s largest deal in a decade, and it comes with a new partner in conservation: Big Creek Lumber Company. Source:

Metsä Wood has started test runs on its new 65,000-cubic-metre Kerto LVL line at the Punkaharju mill. The investment will increase the mill’s production of Kerto LVL by about 50%. Source: Timberbiz The installation phase of the investment project, launched at the beginning of 20

Tigercat has introduced its new 890 logger – the largest machine in the Tigercat forestry equipment line-up – a heavy duty, purpose-built forestry carrier that can be configured for loading, shovel logging or processing. Weighing 47, 900 kg, it is the largest, highest capacity machine

The Tahune Airwalk, a well-known tourist attraction in Southern Tasmania, is currently being assessed for unsafe fire damaged trees in the aftermath of the Riveaux Road bushfire. Arborists started assessment work at the Airwalk last week and are inspecting the forest to identify trees

Forestry Corporation of NSW staff from Batemans Bay, Bombala and Eden returned home last week after battling large bushfires for two weeks in the Yarra Valley, Victoria. The group was part of a larger NSW deployment, joining National Parks and Wildlife Service to support the Cambervil

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