Keep clear of plantation harvesting sites

Council is reminding visitors to Ringtail State Forest to observe the signage and keep out of areas that are closed for plantation timber harvesting.

The warning comes after several incidents where members of the public wandered on to active work sites.

“People entering areas where machinery is operating and plantation trees are being felled are putting themselves and those working in the area at risk,” Council’s Acting Principal Environment Officer, Dave Burrows, said.

“The final harvesting of these areas to allow for natural revegetation as part of the Yurol-Ringtail Conservation Project is weather dependent, but as long as the warning signs are displayed to advise that an area is closed, please do not enter.”

The latest phase of the Yurol-Ringtail Conservation Project will see 2400 hectares of former plantation land revegetated and the restored habitat progressively added to national park.

For further information about the plantation timber harvesting operations, contact the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries on 13 25 23.