Forestry at Cass
Sir, —I also believe that the approval of commercial wood production at Cass and Broken River, as obtained by the Ministry of Forestry for Mr George Logan (January 16), is a very significant and unfortunate precedent. There is good evidence that many species of conifer spread freely and grow readily in lightly grazed and ungrazed high country grasslands. Examples can be found in Central Otago, the Desert Road, in the Clarence River Valley, across the Hanmer River, and, indeed, at Broken River itself. If pines are proliferated throughout the high country, which commercial wood production would greatly encourage, it is quite feasible that within a few (human) generations many lightly grazed areas will be permanently colonised and converted to conifers. Unfortunately, this “success” will only encourage the Ministry of Forestry to further market its services in the high country. I hope this issue will get the public attention that it deserves. — Yours, etc., PAUL SIMMONS. January 19, 1988.
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