Tag: forest

Forestry campaign branches out

Two local young foresters feature in a new campaign to promote the industry to school students. Jack Carter and Courtney Pink are two of the...

Opportunity STEMMs from learning

Local Parliamentarian and Regional Development Minister Clare Scriven hopes to encourage local people to be involved in the 2022 SA Science Excellence and Innovation...

Forest management feedback sought

OneFortyOne is seeking community feedback on its draft Forest Management Public Summary. This Public Summary supersedes the OneFortyOne Plantations Forest Management Plan 2016-2021. Planning and Compliance...

Competition in focus

Inspired by International Day of Forests on March 21, OneFortyOne has launched its annual photo competition, asking local students to share what they love...

Building future starts today

The South Australian Forest Products Association has hailed the commencement of construction on Timberlink’s $63m NeXTimber facility in Tarpeena as the “first step on...

Timberlink drives 
industry change

The first sod has been turned at Timberlink’s NeXTimber manufacturing facility in Tarpeena last week, officially marking the commencement of the $63m construction project. The...

Forest platform launched

The peak body representing the entire forest products value chain in South Australian has launched its State Election Policy Platform. SA Forest Products Association’s platform...

Forest funds to help sector grow

An additional $3.1m of Federal Government funding will extend the life of the three regional National Institute for Forest Products Innovation (NIFPI) centres, including Mount...

Firefighting capacity increased

The Green Triangle’s timber plantation companies have invested in additional aerial firefighting capacity in the region to protect its plantation estate, natural environment and...

Timber sector insight shared

The University of South Australia Mount Gambier Campus hosted its final public lecture for the year, ‘Trees into Farming Launch,’ last week, held in...

Forest industry insight shared via virtual world

Thousands of primary school students from classrooms across Australia will be learning that wood is good for the world alongside George the Farmer next...

Truck pull comes to halt

Organisers will hit pause on the Fennell Forestry Truck Pull Challenge once again in 2021, as local people and industry continue to navigate the...