Next Tarkine challenge?

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-21/tarkine-new-forest-conflict-hotspot-over-specialty-timbers/7264244?section=tas

I can't quite see any "take a single log" operation being viable. Not that a single log system is actually being proposed though....

The idea of taking sunken logs isn't bad as the resource is already lost in terms of continued growth, of the living tree, but I wonder at the size of the resource and how long it would last under open collection activity.

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I've seen a tv show on sunken log removal, Huon pine logs from memory and I think on ABC.


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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-22/cut-out-wastage-of-specialty-timbers-to-reduce-need-for-harvest/7265402

I have bought specialty timber for wood turning efforts but it has all been purchased from a licensed salvage operator - who works over a logged coupe picking up the scrap left behind. And it is beautiful wood. Given the neglect of general logging operations for what is actually in the area I can't see the additional costs imposed in accessing difficult areas to "select" specific trees actually being acceptable to the industry operatives - even if the price of the timber is higher there will still be a motive to get in and out quickly and at lowest cost and hang the waste.

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I've seen a bit of footage of specialty timber harvesting in Canada, where they take the trees out by chopper. I'm amazed that it's commercially viable, but it's certainly the least environmentally insensitive way to do it.

Salvage is the way to go. In particular, it's always amazed me that so much timber was drowned and left. If the Hydrowood program was expanded to other impoundments they'd have no trouble collecting enough to keep all the furniture and boat makers happy.

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Salvage is the way to go. In particular, it's always amazed me that so much timber was drowned and left. If the Hydrowood program was expanded to other impoundments they'd have no trouble collecting enough to keep all the furniture and boat makers happy.

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