July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/College Creek - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: Spot spraying of native regeneration (Hop Goodenia - Goodenia ovata) inside rainforest reserve. Why?
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/College Creek - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: Potentially hundreds of hectares of natural regenerating forest will be sprayed in Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve. It would save everyone money, time and stress if nature was allowed to take its course and College Creek allowed to regenerate naturally, instead of being exposed post logging to spraying, bulldozing and burning.
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/College Creek - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: Sprayers targeting Hop Goodenia which is not a weed - [definately not blackberry and the sprays were used in winter, not summer]
"... the only time we use herbicide in the cores and links and in the College Creek area is for the eradication of noxious species...We use a mix of herbicides, but the time that we would use any herbicides would for the eradication of blackberries and that occurs between November and March and that is part of the strategy for the Cores and Links is to eradicate noxious weeds and in particular Blackberry to create the rainforest reserve that people desire up there on the Cores and Links." Hancock General Manager Owen Trumper October 8 2009 ABC Radio
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/College Creek - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: Yellow tags indicate what plants will be sprayed.
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/College Creek - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: Looking south into catchment. This is what FSC certified logging inside a site of national conservation significance looks like.
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/College Creek - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: Remnant native forest and rainforest Parish of Jumbuk.
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/College Creek - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: Looking south into catchment. Spot spraying over a wide area has also occurred here.
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/College Creek - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: Looking south into catchment. A few months after logging.
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/College Creek - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: Looking south east into catchment, across to Linkletters Road. The coupe in this photo was logged 32 months ago in October/November 2009. Note extent of natural regeneration, with main species being Hop Goodenia. This area is likely to be spot sprayed in the near future - for what reason? It is a rainforest reserve.
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Agnes River - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: View looking west along Agnes No.1 Track. Hundreds of hectares of 30 year old Mt Ash is being targeted for logging by Hancock. All of this forest was protected under the 2006 Heads of Agreement.
Yellow dot marks approximate location of Agnes No.1 Track inside Strzelecki Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve.
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Agnes River - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: Agnes No.1 Track - obvious signs of wet weather work inside a domestic water supply for 2000 people (Toora, Welshpool, Hedley, Agnes, Bennison, Port Franklin, Port Welshpool).
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Agnes River - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: Agnes No.1 Track - obvious signs of wet weather work inside a domestic water supply for 2000 people.
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Agnes River - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: Agnes No.1 Track - Hundreds of hectares will be logged in this catchment.
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Agnes River - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: Agnes No.1 Track. One of Victoria's most important stands of cool temperate rainforest lies about 1km east of this site.
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Agnes River - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: Agnes No.1 Track. Protected forest in October 2006. New agreement opened up catchment for logging in May 2008.
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Agnes River - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: Agnes No.1 Track. More trees for Maryvale Pulp Mill.
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Agnes River - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: Agnes No.1 Track.
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Agnes River - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: Agnes No.1 Track. Domestic Water Supply.
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Agnes River - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: Agnes No.1 Track
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Agnes River - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: Agnes No.1 Track
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Agnes River - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: Agnes No.1 Track. Unidentified paw print.
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Agnes River - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: Roading Dingo Creek Road. Collapsing Batters.
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Agnes River - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve: View into Dingo Creek. This forest will be targeted for clearfelling in the near future.
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Morwell River - Recently clearfelled pine plantation on steep slopes.
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Morwell River East Branch - have insects been dieting on Hancock's Shining Gum?
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Jack River - Cores and Links Rainforest Reserve. Eastern side of catchment on edge of Cores and Links Reserve.
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Albert River Catchment. Failed E.nitens plantations. These 'matchsticks' are almost 14 years old and were supposedly due to be logged at this age.
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Albert River Catchment. More failed 12 year old E.nitens plantations behind non-planted ash tree..
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Misery Creek Catchment. One hopes that aerial spraying will not occur on this plantation, with house so close.
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Smiths Creek Catchment. Track 32. Dam at this location has recently been filled in. Why?
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Little Albert River Catchment. Turtons Road. Plantings for quolls? How will this benefit Tiger Quolls?
July 2012 - Strzelecki Ranges/Morwell River Catchment. Pines dieing off. A frequent siting these days.