June 19 2009/Strzelecki Ranges: Community groups take a stand against logging at College Creek. Walk on action stopped work for the day and generated widespread media interest through Gippsland. Community groups had media enquiring about Hancock's role in reneging on rainforest protection/Cores and Links Rainforest Agreement, shortfalls of volume, lack of fire insurance etc etc. Hancock's corporate image hitting rock bottom.
June 2009 College Creek/Strzelecki Ranges: View looking into one of College Creek access points from Grand Ridge Road.
June 2009 College Creek/Strzelecki Ranges: Access track widened through cool temperate rainforest buffer in rainforest reserve.
June 2009 College Creek/Strzelecki Ranges: Loggers and Hancock having a picnic in national site of conservation significance at College Creek. FSC certified destruction.
June 2009: Extent of Logging of College Creek
June 2009 College Creek/Strzelecki Ranges: Wipeout/clearfell of mixed forest inside rainforest reserve and site of national conservation significance.
June 2009 College Creek/Strzelecki Ranges: Pulp logs about to be sent to the Maryvale Pulp Mill now owned by Nippon Paper.
June 2009 College Creek/Strzelecki Ranges: These logs will be turned into Reflex Copy Paper. Nippon Paper profiting from destruction of sites of National Conservation significance.
June 2009 College Creek/Strzelecki Ranges: Minimal protection for State Significant Cool Temperate Rainforest.
June 2009 College Creek/Strzelecki Ranges: Mixed species forest bowled over by Hancock to meet insatiable demands of Maryvale Pulp Mill. What hope has these remnant trees of survival?
June 2009 College Creek/Strzelecki Ranges: Minimal rainforest buffers.
June 2009 College Creek/Strzelecki Ranges: Type of native forest logged by Hancock at College Creek. Does this look like plantation?
June 2009 College Creek/Strzelecki Ranges: Mixed species logging at College Creek, including prime koala species, Grey Gum.
June 2009 College Creek/Strzelecki Ranges: Koala feed trees killed for log landing off Track32.
June 2009 College Creek/Strzelecki Ranges: Native vegetation removal off Crown Reserve Track 32. Where are Latrobe Shire?
June 2009 College Creek/Strzelecki Ranges: Logging near cool temperate rainforest.
June 2009 College Creek/Strzelecki Ranges: View from Track 32 on western side of College Creek catchment.
June 2009 College Creek/Strzelecki Ranges: ditto
June 2009 College Creek/Strzelecki Ranges: Breaches to Code of Forest Practices., but Latrobe Shire are asleep at the wheel.
June 2009 Jack River /Strzelecki Ranges: More logging of Mixed species forest inside Cores and Links Reserve. Kelly Track. Note regenerating bluegums logged over 6 months ago by Hancock. Non planted species.
June 2009 Jack River/Strzelecki Ranges: Kelly Track - Part of the new reserve!
June 2009 Jack River/Strzelecki Ranges: Kelly Track - Part of the new reserve! Thanks Gavin McFadzean and Matt Ruchell.
June 2009 Jack River/Strzelecki Ranges: Kelly Track - Part of the new reserve!
June 2009 Jack River/Strzelecki Ranges: Kelly Track - Part of the new reserve!
June 2009 Jack River/Strzelecki Ranges: Looking into Jack River rainforest.
June 2009 Jack River/Strzelecki Ranges: Pine plantation. The slither of native vegetation in a pine plantation in this photo has been added to the reserve system. Instead of protecting rainforest catchments, the reserve consists of isolates such as these in the middle of pine plantations.
June 2009 Traralgon Creek. Fried plantations, 4 months after fires devastated the region. FSC certified.
June 2009 Traralgon Creek. Fried plantations, 4 months after fires devastated the region. Was Hancock insured?
June 2009 Traralgon Creek. Fried plantations, 4 months after fires devastated the region. Nothing holding soil back from potential landslips.
June 2009 Strzelecki Ranges: Near Carrajung. Great Southern Plantations and dubious blue gums plantations. Great Southern has now collapsed leaving thousands of hectares of plantations owned by noone.
June 2009 More Great Southern Plantations near Giffard. Note weeds that will now not be controlled as Great Southern is in receivership.