Article 50Q7G State MPs dismayed at NSW Forestry logging unburnt habitat after bushfires

State MPs dismayed at NSW Forestry logging unburnt habitat after bushfires

by
Lisa Cox
from Environment | The Guardian on (#50Q7G)

Endangered species have lost up to 82% of their habitat but Environment Protection Authority says logging of unburnt forest is legal

The New South Wales Forestry Corporation has continued to log unburnt forest that is habitat for some of the most imperilled species in the aftermath of the state's bushfire crisis.

Logging operations have continued in the Styx River state forest on the north coast that is now remnant habitat for endangered species including the greater glider and the Hastings River mouse.

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