Superb Parrot in the news

["Graham Turner" <>]

No assumption made as this issue is about forestry practices in State 
Forests, but your points are well made.
I have just come back from working in plantations on the Liverpool Plains of 
NSW where trees are being planted with timber production as the first 
priority but their value in lowering the water table in salt prone areas, 
carbon sequestration and wildlife values are all being highlighted. Such 
plantings are to be commended, but their value for wildlife will always be 
limited due to the areas involved, lack of understorey and hollows. And as 
you say, there is a lot of resistance to turning agricultural land into 
timber plantation.
Cheers
Graham Turner