Community groups angered as Queensland government proposes logging in state forest
by Eden Gillespie from World news | The Guardian on (#5YJWV)
Plan would see selected hardwood natives in area dubbed Ferny Forest' cut down this year
Locals say a proposal to carry out logging in a state forest on Queensland's Sunshine Coast will leave long-lasting scars on the area and are fearful of the effect it will have on threatened species.
The state government has proposed to log selected trees in a section of the Beerwah State Forest, known locally as Ferny Forest, before it ends native timber production in the high value" conservation area in two years.
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