Local forest expert, Ian Cane, is warning the decisions we make now for our forests will have ramifications for future generations.
“It is our responsibility to manage the public land estate for all its uses and values in perpetuity,” Mr Cane said.
Creating change with incorrect forest practices plays a hefty role and the impact will be felt for many years.
“When a mixed-specie forest with structural integrity is burnt by wildfire, most low elevation eucalypt species develop epicormic shoots shortly after,” he said.
“I’m concerned about the probability of a secondary change to the forest structure as a result of low reference basal area retention harvesting and secondly, high intensity wildfires impacting a large percentage of the young regrowth that has developed post harvesting.”
IMAGE: Ian Cane, right, with Ben and Easton Murphy, in an over-felled coup on the Old Nowa Nowa/Buchan Road that was subsequently burnt in the Black Summer Bushfires. (PS)
