January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Jeffrey Creek Catchment. Logging of 38 year old Mt Ash inside cores and links rainforest reserve by Hancock. This forest had been spared logging under the October 2006 HoA, until being undermined by a new secret agreement in August 2008.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Jeffrey Creek Catchment. Probably 30ha of 38 year old Mt Ash will be logged in Jeffrey Creek coupes, possibly making about 13,500m3 of pulplogs and 4,500m3 of sawlogs. Logging in these areas will provide enough hardwood for Hancock to meet ~4% of their annual contractual arrangements with Maryvale Pulp Mill.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Jeffrey Creek Catchment. More logging in area supposedly protected in October 2006 Heads of Agreement.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Jeffrey Creek Catchment, gutted by Hancock with FSC certification.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Jeffrey Creek Catchment
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Jeffrey Creek Catchment: Custodial land supposedly set aside from logging.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Jeffrey Creek Catchment. Inside possible rainforest gully/wet forest gully adjoining Hancock logging coupes.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Jeffrey Creek Catchment. Inside the gully.
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January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Albert River Catchment, showing 9 year old Shining Gum plantation. Note exceedingly poor growth. A mixed messmate forest was destroyed in 1999/2000 to plant establish these plantations.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Albert River Catchment, showing 9 year old Shining Gum plantation.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Jeffrey Creek Catchment. Potential warm temperate rainforest on southern side of catchment.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Morwell River East Branch Catchment. Logging road widened through cool temperate rainforest. FSC certified.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Morwell River East Branch Catchment. Logging road widened through cool temperate rainforest.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Morwell River East Branch Catchment. Logging road widened through cool temperate rainforest.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Jack River Catchment. FSC certified gully wipeouts after logging 27 year old radiata pine near Coutts Road. What happens when it rains on this site?
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Jack River Catchment. 27 year old pine plantation and logging road bite the dust.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Jack River Catchment. High soil mobility potential at this site. Another reason why many of Hancock's pine plantations are unsustainable. Erosion from this site will eventually end up in Nooramunga Marine Reserve.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Jack River Catchment. Drainage line protection by Hancock and their contractors Mountain Logging.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Jack River Catchment. Pine plantation logging road. FSC certified by Smartwood.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Jack River Catchment. FSC certified waterway protection by Hancock.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Jack River Catchment. Charming waterway/drainage line protection.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Jack River Catchment.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Morwell River Catchment. Conversion of Mountain Ash to Shining gum in cores and links reserve by Hancock.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Morwell River Catchment Gray Gum Track. Regenerating logging coupe after being logged by Hancock in 06/07. This is one of the coupes supposedly retired from future logging by Hancock.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Morwell River Catchment. Gray Gum Track. Failed tree planting is starting to occur at this site. Hancock gains by logging these forests and then replanting Mt Ash in order to gain carbon sequestration rights.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Morwell River Catchment. Craig Court inside Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve. Note piles of slash left in close proximity to rainforest gully.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Morwell River Catchment. Craig Court inside Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve. Note height of slash pile creating fire hazard in rainforest reserve.
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Morwell River Catchment. Craig Court inside Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve. Regeneration now starting to occur after the site had been sprayed with herbicide in 2007. One wonders why the site was sprayed at all? Note tree guards after site had also been replanted with Mt Ash. Why if not to log again in the future?
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Morwell River Catchment. Craig Court inside Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve. Arum Lily, a pernicious weed is now occurring in close proximity to rainforest gully. Also see here
January 2009: Strzelecki Ranges: Morwell River Catchment. Craig Court inside Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve. Blackberry infestation starting to occur in rainforest reserve.