News
Update: March 2023
Harvesting
Last 12 months have seen harvesting operations in the following forests:
Northern/Central Southland: Turner & Andrews Forests
Eastern Southland: Cave, Smith, Lyder, Tinker, Walker, Blair, Goldingham, Wylie & Voice forests
Western Southland: Merrivale, McPherson, Shangrila, Marshall, Sim & McConnell Forests
Roads continue to be extended in Andrews, Blair, Turner, Walker, Cave, Lyder, Smith & Marshall Forests as harvesting progresses.
Establishment
550 hectares of cutover was re-planted and fertilised during the winter season across several different forests.
SPFL will re-establish a further 500 ha of cutover in the 2023 season with land preparations already underway.
Forest Health and Biodiversity
SPFL in conjunction with the Sustainable Farming Fund (SFF), Scion and Southwood Export continue to fund and support work around introducing the biocontrol agent Eadya paropsidis, a parastic wasp for the control against the defoliating pest Paropsis charybdis or Eucalyptus Tortoise Beetle. EPA approval to release has been granted. The release is due late 2022.
Nesting falcon pairs have been ever-present this year in the cutover & newly planted area. The falcons take refuge and build their nests in the windrows that SPFL created prior to establishment. These provide a great habitat for this nationally endangered species.
Forest Access by Public
Approximately 350 applicants were granted access permits for SPFL forests this year. This included access for hunting, bee keeping and other recreational activities.
Harvesting
Last 12 months have seen harvesting operations in the following forests:
Northern/Central Southland: Turner & Andrews Forests
Eastern Southland: Cave, Smith, Lyder, Tinker, Walker, Blair, Goldingham, Wylie & Voice forests
Western Southland: Merrivale, McPherson, Shangrila, Marshall, Sim & McConnell Forests
Roads continue to be extended in Andrews, Blair, Turner, Walker, Cave, Lyder, Smith & Marshall Forests as harvesting progresses.
Establishment
550 hectares of cutover was re-planted and fertilised during the winter season across several different forests.
SPFL will re-establish a further 500 ha of cutover in the 2023 season with land preparations already underway.
Forest Health and Biodiversity
SPFL in conjunction with the Sustainable Farming Fund (SFF), Scion and Southwood Export continue to fund and support work around introducing the biocontrol agent Eadya paropsidis, a parastic wasp for the control against the defoliating pest Paropsis charybdis or Eucalyptus Tortoise Beetle. EPA approval to release has been granted. The release is due late 2022.
Nesting falcon pairs have been ever-present this year in the cutover & newly planted area. The falcons take refuge and build their nests in the windrows that SPFL created prior to establishment. These provide a great habitat for this nationally endangered species.
Forest Access by Public
Approximately 350 applicants were granted access permits for SPFL forests this year. This included access for hunting, bee keeping and other recreational activities.