Trees group to be consulted
Opposition by the Native Forests’ Action Council to the disposal of State forest land near the Okarito white heron sanctuary has won conservationists a voice in the disposal of native forest blocks. The council’s research, director. Mr Guy Salmon, said that the ’Minister, of Lands and V. S,
Young) has promised to consult conservationists and other interested parties before sizeable areas of .native State forest were handed to private interests. More than 1200 ha. including Ipnd near
the heron colony, were slotted, for disposal under the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Bill. The Lands and Survey Department had organised an
ecological survey on the Okarito block and invited conservationists to discuss the future of all main blocks up for disposal. Mr Salmon said.
The council had objected
to the refusal of public submissions on the bill. Its main concern was that clearing the Okarito block for farming would destroy wetlands and remove a buffer zone tor the heron sanctuary.
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