Pete Godfrey
We are constantly being fed the rubbish that the logging in Tasmania is Sawlog driven. Isn’t it strange that in the past these areas were logged for sawlogs only, and the damage that was done was negligible compared to the operations of today.
ATTACHED is an article that photographically shows the effects on our forests by our So Called Sawlog Driven Industry.
This coupe is high up on Mother Cummings Peak at Western Creek. It is at approximately 720 metres and is high altitude rainforest containing an understory of Bauera, Dogwood (pomaderris apetala), Myrtle, Tea Tree (leptospernum lanigerum) and Sassafras.
There are a few large eucalypts there that were the target of this operation. (eucalptus delegatensis).
We are constantly being fed the rubbish that the logging in Tasmania is Sawlog driven. Isn’t it strange that in the past these areas were logged for sawlogs only, and the damage that was done was negligible compared to the operations of today.
Contrary to what one would believe from the size of the stumps this is not Old Growth forest, ( to be Old Growth there must be no signs of past disturbance).
In this small relatively flat coupe there are many drainage lines and small creeks that rise on the mountains above; it is very wet in normal years and some of the creeks still have small flows even in the current drought times.
Many of the waterways have had the riparian vegetation significantly damaged due to poor logging practices.
The road goes through very large plantations on the way to the tourist destinations of Mother Cummings track, Sids Track, Western Creek Track and Higgs Track.
I will leave it up to the reader and viewer to make their own conclusions as to whether they are happy with the way our forests are being managed by Gunns Ltd.
Pete Godfrey
