Road building, ahead of logging, has begun in the unburnt southern section of Nambucca State Forest in New South Wales. There is a plan to log most of the remaining forest this year.
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| Nambucca Heads State Forest. |
Nambucca Valley Conservation Association (NVCA) spokesperson Lyn Orrego said the community was against logging of this coastal public forest.
“It begins just as the Nambucca State Forest is recovering from the drought and after most of it avoided last summer’s devastating bushfires. This forest is valued by residents for recreation and is a refuge for wildlife”, she said.
Species that were threatened even before the bushfires include the sooty owl, masked owl, powerful owl, grey-headed flying fox, koala, little bentwing bat and yellow-bellied glider. The forest contains high-quality koala habitat and glossy black cockatoo feed trees.
Read the green left story by Kerry Smith - “Logging begins in unburnt Nambucca State Forest.”
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