Defend Our Central West Forests

By Letters to the Editor
Updated September 24 2018 - 8:11am, first published 8:00am

Defend Our Central West Forests

Defend Our Central West Forests
Defend Our Central West Forests

I was very disappointed to read the article: ‘Timber industry uncertain’ in the The Courier last Saturday, which more or less reads as an advertorial for the timber industry, reinforcing propaganda packaged by vested interests in the government and timber industry and presented to the media as fact. Contrary to the sanitised narrative of timber industry spruikers, intensive clear fell logging is already occurring on our doorstep in Mount Cole. This is part of a policy published by the (then) Department of Environment and Primary Industry in their September 2013 Bulletin: ‘Clear felling (with retained seed trees) followed by hot regeneration burn will be used at Mt Cole.’

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