Dismay as VicForests allows logging of unburnt forest in East Gippsland for TAFE training
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A timber training unit logging in the Colquhoun Forest in December, 2020.
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Environmentalists say a logging school is operating in bushfire-damaged forests in East Gippsland that should be protected.
Key points:
Minister Jaclyn Symes says only salvage logging is taking place in the fire footprint
Conservationists say they have documented logging in the Colquhoun State Forest
Publicly-owned forest agency VicForests has allowed an unburnt coupe at Nowa Nowa, four hours east of Melbourne, to be logged by Gippsland TAFE students for training.