As of last year it was Bill Paul.
But given his previous position as VicForests' Director of Environmental Performance lol, don't expect much. 🙄
But given his previous position as VicForests' Director of Environmental Performance lol, don't expect much. 🙄
July 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
As of last year it was Bill Paul.
But given his previous position as VicForests' Director of Environmental Performance lol, don't expect much. 🙄
But given his previous position as VicForests' Director of Environmental Performance lol, don't expect much. 🙄
An AI-based analysis of 20 years of VicForests’ logging, researchers say, shows the scale of failed regeneration in Victoria’s state forests.
The data, which has been shared exclusively with the ABC, suggests that 20 per cent of Victoria’s state forests have not regenerated after logging.
The data, which has been shared exclusively with the ABC, suggests that 20 per cent of Victoria’s state forests have not regenerated after logging.
'It's basically dead': The legacy of decades of logging
An AI-based analysis of 20 years of logging by VicForests, shared exclusively with the ABC, shows for the first time the potential scale of failed regeneration in Victoria's state forests.
www.abc.net.au
December 1, 2023 at 7:25 PM
An AI-based analysis of 20 years of VicForests’ logging, researchers say, shows the scale of failed regeneration in Victoria’s state forests.
The data, which has been shared exclusively with the ABC, suggests that 20 per cent of Victoria’s state forests have not regenerated after logging.
The data, which has been shared exclusively with the ABC, suggests that 20 per cent of Victoria’s state forests have not regenerated after logging.
They axed VicForests, but the bulldozers are still rolling. Wombat Forest is being trashed under the guise of “salvage”. This is public land, not a free-for-all. Stop the lies. Stop the logging. Legislate the park. #StopTheSalvage #WombatForest #VicGovFail
#StopTheSalvage #ParksNotProfits
#StopTheSalvage #ParksNotProfits
June 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
They axed VicForests, but the bulldozers are still rolling. Wombat Forest is being trashed under the guise of “salvage”. This is public land, not a free-for-all. Stop the lies. Stop the logging. Legislate the park. #StopTheSalvage #WombatForest #VicGovFail
#StopTheSalvage #ParksNotProfits
#StopTheSalvage #ParksNotProfits
Smoke choking Lakes Entrance, Bung Yarnda/ Lake Tyers today, especially for the school holidays/ weekend... as usual...
#FFMV operations = Ex #VicForests contractors. #GunaiKurnaiCountry
#FFMV operations = Ex #VicForests contractors. #GunaiKurnaiCountry
April 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Smoke choking Lakes Entrance, Bung Yarnda/ Lake Tyers today, especially for the school holidays/ weekend... as usual...
#FFMV operations = Ex #VicForests contractors. #GunaiKurnaiCountry
#FFMV operations = Ex #VicForests contractors. #GunaiKurnaiCountry
Enjoying Bluesky. Proud owner of 61 hectares of conservation property. Doing battle with the pigs, deer, foxes, rabbits, cats, blackberry etc. Not fond of FFMV which is Vicforests latest incarnation. They are also not fond of me strangely. :-)
March 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Enjoying Bluesky. Proud owner of 61 hectares of conservation property. Doing battle with the pigs, deer, foxes, rabbits, cats, blackberry etc. Not fond of FFMV which is Vicforests latest incarnation. They are also not fond of me strangely. :-)
Good article thanks Euan. (Can also feel your pain).
But despite your sound suggestions I still feel this doesn't bode well. Govts must do more.
Consider salvage logging. Vic Gov allows storm salvage logging in the Wombat SF even tho VicForests is defunct.
So post fire too?
tinyurl.com/23v8mks6
But despite your sound suggestions I still feel this doesn't bode well. Govts must do more.
Consider salvage logging. Vic Gov allows storm salvage logging in the Wombat SF even tho VicForests is defunct.
So post fire too?
tinyurl.com/23v8mks6
January 15, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Good article thanks Euan. (Can also feel your pain).
But despite your sound suggestions I still feel this doesn't bode well. Govts must do more.
Consider salvage logging. Vic Gov allows storm salvage logging in the Wombat SF even tho VicForests is defunct.
So post fire too?
tinyurl.com/23v8mks6
But despite your sound suggestions I still feel this doesn't bode well. Govts must do more.
Consider salvage logging. Vic Gov allows storm salvage logging in the Wombat SF even tho VicForests is defunct.
So post fire too?
tinyurl.com/23v8mks6
Saying your opponents are wrong and you've got the facts on your side?
I've seen this script before.
I've seen this script before.
May 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Saying your opponents are wrong and you've got the facts on your side?
I've seen this script before.
I've seen this script before.
FFMV is populated by ex-Vicforests staff, and the contractors are pretty much all Vicforests. The respect for the environment is about zero. The amounts are money being flowing around are huge. Pretty much people are waiting on the Integrity bodies to drop a devastating corruption report to the gov
November 13, 2024 at 6:54 PM
FFMV is populated by ex-Vicforests staff, and the contractors are pretty much all Vicforests. The respect for the environment is about zero. The amounts are money being flowing around are huge. Pretty much people are waiting on the Integrity bodies to drop a devastating corruption report to the gov
How Forest Fire Management Victoria rolls. This is from Kinglake last week.
April 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
How Forest Fire Management Victoria rolls. This is from Kinglake last week.
Industrial logging has left a devastating legacy across native forests in VIC with logged areas failing to regenerate & failure rate increased over time. #VicForests was legally obligated to regenerate the native forests it logged over the past 20 years.
theconversation.com/logging-deva...
theconversation.com/logging-deva...
Logging devastated Victoria’s native forests – and new research shows 20% has failed to grow back
Forest logging records, satellite data, on-ground surveys and drone photography show nearly 20% of logged areas in Victoria failed to regenerate over the past 40 years.
theconversation.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Industrial logging has left a devastating legacy across native forests in VIC with logged areas failing to regenerate & failure rate increased over time. #VicForests was legally obligated to regenerate the native forests it logged over the past 20 years.
theconversation.com/logging-deva...
theconversation.com/logging-deva...
Only through gritted teeth. The court cases imposed conditions in VicForests operations which it would never be able to meet. It wasn't closed down over a sudden concern for the survival of our native species.
February 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Only through gritted teeth. The court cases imposed conditions in VicForests operations which it would never be able to meet. It wasn't closed down over a sudden concern for the survival of our native species.
This is far from just an historical problem, it’s ongoing. Labor and the LNP have engaged in/supported science suppression. For example www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08...
Investigation finds VicForests hired private investigator to 'collect dirt' on environmentalists
An investigation by the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner has concluded that VicForests hired a private investigator to conduct surveillance on environmentalists and an academic.
www.abc.net.au
October 23, 2023 at 11:47 PM
This is far from just an historical problem, it’s ongoing. Labor and the LNP have engaged in/supported science suppression. For example www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08...
"AI-based analysis of 20 years of VicForests’ logging, researchers say, shows the scale of failed regeneration in Victoria’s state forests.
The data...suggests that 20 per cent of Victoria’s state forests have not regenerated after logging."
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12...
The data...suggests that 20 per cent of Victoria’s state forests have not regenerated after logging."
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12...
'It's basically dead': The legacy of decades of logging
An AI-based analysis of 20 years of logging by VicForests, shared exclusively with the ABC, shows for the first time the potential scale of failed regeneration in Victoria's state forests.
www.abc.net.au
December 1, 2023 at 8:44 PM
"AI-based analysis of 20 years of VicForests’ logging, researchers say, shows the scale of failed regeneration in Victoria’s state forests.
The data...suggests that 20 per cent of Victoria’s state forests have not regenerated after logging."
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12...
The data...suggests that 20 per cent of Victoria’s state forests have not regenerated after logging."
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12...
Maybe the biggest reason for hot fires out of control fires is that the forests have been logged and created way more flammable forests. Logged forests always burn at higher severity www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
The state government is increasing our bushfire risk right now
In allowing VicForests to perform salvaging in Wombat State Forest, the Andrews government is increasing the likelihood and severity of bushfires. It must stop today.
www.theage.com.au
November 25, 2024 at 4:22 AM
Maybe the biggest reason for hot fires out of control fires is that the forests have been logged and created way more flammable forests. Logged forests always burn at higher severity www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
This is not a new story. It is currently happening in Tarra Bulga, Won Wron and other reserves nearby. I found the story while researching VicForests and other illegal logging near Tarra Bulga. Logging truck convoys 2-4am are too sus to ignore.
It is happening now.
www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11...
It is happening now.
www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11...
'It's gut-wrenching': Old-growth forest logged just days after it was slated for immediate protection
It was described as 'the largest environmental protection policy' in Victoria's history, but shortly after the announcement parts of the state's old-growth forests were being logged.
www.abc.net.au
February 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This is not a new story. It is currently happening in Tarra Bulga, Won Wron and other reserves nearby. I found the story while researching VicForests and other illegal logging near Tarra Bulga. Logging truck convoys 2-4am are too sus to ignore.
It is happening now.
www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11...
It is happening now.
www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11...
📷2021 #FFMV's large 'low intensity autumn burn' trickled through the forest and creeks and destroyed hundreds of old trees, the very structure of the old growth forest #GunaiKurnaiCountry
www.geg.org.au/casey-ck-2021
www.geg.org.au/casey-ck-2021
Hundreds of old trees destroyed | GunaiKurnai Country
Forest Fire Management, VicForests and TAFE Gippsland destroy old growth forest near Lakes Entrance
www.geg.org.au
August 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
📷2021 #FFMV's large 'low intensity autumn burn' trickled through the forest and creeks and destroyed hundreds of old trees, the very structure of the old growth forest #GunaiKurnaiCountry
www.geg.org.au/casey-ck-2021
www.geg.org.au/casey-ck-2021
Yeah nah. As environment minister she totally ignored all concerns about the conduct of VicForests as it plundered our forests.
July 31, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Yeah nah. As environment minister she totally ignored all concerns about the conduct of VicForests as it plundered our forests.
What bullshit. Vic is most heavily deforested state in Aus! Vic Forests says native timber #logging still required http://bit.ly/qFNV3Q
Report reinforces need for native forest logging
The State Government-owned logging enterprise VicForests says a new report reinforces the need for continued harvesting of trees from native forests.
bit.ly
November 15, 2024 at 4:40 PM
What bullshit. Vic is most heavily deforested state in Aus! Vic Forests says native timber #logging still required http://bit.ly/qFNV3Q
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12...
Taxpayers dollars going into this industry... Logging of old growth forest is something that can't end quick enough. #VicForests
Taxpayers dollars going into this industry... Logging of old growth forest is something that can't end quick enough. #VicForests
'It's basically dead': The legacy of decades of logging
An AI-based analysis of 20 years of logging by VicForests, shared exclusively with the ABC, shows for the first time the potential scale of failed regeneration in Victoria's state forests.
www.abc.net.au
December 1, 2023 at 9:42 PM
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12...
Taxpayers dollars going into this industry... Logging of old growth forest is something that can't end quick enough. #VicForests
Taxpayers dollars going into this industry... Logging of old growth forest is something that can't end quick enough. #VicForests
I have read at least one book and many articles by Lindenmayer. He is really knowledgeable.
"... VicForests cut 22m cubic metres of wood ... from public native forests between 2007 and 2024, yet paid only $4.5m back as dividends ... despite receiving around $478m income from the government ..."
"... VicForests cut 22m cubic metres of wood ... from public native forests between 2007 and 2024, yet paid only $4.5m back as dividends ... despite receiving around $478m income from the government ..."
June 14, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I have read at least one book and many articles by Lindenmayer. He is really knowledgeable.
"... VicForests cut 22m cubic metres of wood ... from public native forests between 2007 and 2024, yet paid only $4.5m back as dividends ... despite receiving around $478m income from the government ..."
"... VicForests cut 22m cubic metres of wood ... from public native forests between 2007 and 2024, yet paid only $4.5m back as dividends ... despite receiving around $478m income from the government ..."
Surveilling critics, doing nothing to curtail illegal logging, endangering Leadbeater's Possums: VicForests operates like they know they won't be held to account. https://t.co/B6t5SsIPth
November 24, 2021 at 8:17 PM
Surveilling critics, doing nothing to curtail illegal logging, endangering Leadbeater's Possums: VicForests operates like they know they won't be held to account. https://t.co/B6t5SsIPth
WTF?
#vicforests #greaterglider VicForests says experiment 'very likely' to kill threatened glider, continues research <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-29/vicforests-says-experiment-very-likely-to-kill-greater-glider/10025588?pfmredir=sm" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-29/vicforests-says-experiment-very-likely-to-kill-greater-glider/10025588?pfmredir=sm via @abcnews
#vicforests #greaterglider VicForests says experiment 'very likely' to kill threatened glider, continues research <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-29/vicforests-says-experiment-very-likely-to-kill-greater-glider/10025588?pfmredir=sm" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-29/vicforests-says-experiment-very-likely-to-kill-greater-glider/10025588?pfmredir=sm via @abcnews
Logging bosses are cutting down and burning forests to fi...
A government-owned company is experimenting with how it l...
www.abc.net.au
November 17, 2024 at 5:36 AM
WTF?
#vicforests #greaterglider VicForests says experiment 'very likely' to kill threatened glider, continues research <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-29/vicforests-says-experiment-very-likely-to-kill-greater-glider/10025588?pfmredir=sm" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-29/vicforests-says-experiment-very-likely-to-kill-greater-glider/10025588?pfmredir=sm via @abcnews
#vicforests #greaterglider VicForests says experiment 'very likely' to kill threatened glider, continues research <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-29/vicforests-says-experiment-very-likely-to-kill-greater-glider/10025588?pfmredir=sm" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-29/vicforests-says-experiment-very-likely-to-kill-greater-glider/10025588?pfmredir=sm via @abcnews
In March that year, the CEO of VicForests had a meeting with councillors. Here they are all smiles, which worried us a bit. Was logging ok now?
May 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
In March that year, the CEO of VicForests had a meeting with councillors. Here they are all smiles, which worried us a bit. Was logging ok now?
Back in February 2021, Murrindindi Shire Council passed a unanimous resolution requesting VicForests not to log an area around a local tourist attraction, Snobs Creek.
📷 Friends of the Earth
📷 Friends of the Earth
May 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Back in February 2021, Murrindindi Shire Council passed a unanimous resolution requesting VicForests not to log an area around a local tourist attraction, Snobs Creek.
📷 Friends of the Earth
📷 Friends of the Earth