The Forest Products Commission (FPC) manages timber production and regeneration operations in WA State Forest. The Indicative Timber Harvest Plan for 2023 is now available. Source: Timberbiz
The plan was prepared in accordance with the Forest Management Plan 2014–2023 and in consultation with the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
The plan includes a list of native forest coupes throughout the south-west forests that are scheduled to be harvested in full or in part during the relevant year.
Details of the plan, including maps and associated coupe lists and sawlog volume estimates are available below for each of the resource supply zones: northern and southern. Qualifying notations are included with the coupe listings for both zones.
These harvest plans identify areas of native forest scheduled for timber harvesting under the Forest Management Plan 2014 -2023 (FMP) (Management Activity 65).
The information includes a list of forest coupes, associated estimates of sawlog yield, some explanation on the data contained in the plan, and two supporting maps to identify where the coupes are located. The order or priority for harvest in these coupes is not incorporated in the annual harvest plan.
Maps for individual coupes are available on request from the FPC, as they become available, and where practicable.
Additionally, the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) releases a three-year indicative harvest plan which outlines harvest coupes that are under consideration. The coupes listed on the three-year harvest plan are then used to develop FPC’s one-year harvest plans.
Each new annual harvest plan includes a listing of coupes that have been carried forward from previous year’s plans. These coupes may have been partially harvested or, due to operational constraints, may not have yet commenced.
For more information visit: https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/forest-products-commission/south-west-native-forest-harvest-plans
