Woodchip Driven Logging in the Otways: An Economic Analysis
Forest Commission warns logging to become woodchip driven
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Community concern about woodchipping began in 1981 when a Forest Commission Report warned logging in the Otways will become woodchip driven A Forest Commission (DNRE) report from 1981 warned that the supply of sawlogs in the Otway State Forest would become uneconomic to log for sawlog alone. The report advocated the development of a woodchip industry to generate additional revenue to sustain logging operations for sawlogs " In the Otways over the next 25-30 years it will be difficult to sustain the present level of supply of sawlogs to local sawmillers. Some sawlogs, particularly in the over-mature mountain forests, are uneconomic to harvest in a sawlog only operation. The proposal [to allow woodchipping in the Otways] will make the harvesting of these logs economic by providing a market for log material that is unsuitable for sawlogs. By increasing the yield of sawlogs, the proposal will materially assist in sustaining the sawmilling industry." Source: Forests Commission Victoria. Preliminary Environment Report on proposed pulpwood harvesting in the Otway State Forest, August 1981. Page 1,2 Woodchipping in the Otways became a big political issue for Geelong and was an election issue in the lead-up to the 1982 State election. (See Geelong Advertiser June 1981 to March 1982)
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