Burnt Timber salvage work underway in Australia

Posted on February 6, 2020

Australia’s Forestry Minister has begun salvage operations in the 50000 hectares of softwood plantations in the South West Slopes area. Most of the merchantable burnt timber is expected to be recoverable over the coming year Salvageable pine trees need to be harvested within around 12 months however finished product can be stored for years under the correct conditions. Industry estimates about 1930 jobs and up to 800 million in economic activity is at risk following the fires Australia needs to replace about 35000 hectares of public forest and another 10000 hectares of private forest costing about 200m.