❓ Hon. Christine Sharp questions the Environment Minister about a sugar gum thinning trial conducted by the Water and Rivers Commission in the Wellington Dam catchment to assess the viability of infield chipping. The Minister confirms the trial's positive outcome and plans for wider application.
AnsweredQoN 2458Legislative Council
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With reference to my question on notice No. 1870 of March 30 2004, and the Minister’s reply -
(1) What type of vegetation was thinned as part of the seven hectare trial?
(2) What was the extent and nature of the thinning?
(3) What was the trial intended to demonstrate?
(4) By whom was the trial conducted?
(5) What were the outcomes of the trial?
(6) Is there any intention to apply the outcomes more widely?
(7) If yes, where, when and under what circumstances?
(8) If not, why not?
(1) What type of vegetation was thinned as part of the seven hectare trial?
(2) What was the extent and nature of the thinning?
(3) What was the trial intended to demonstrate?
(4) By whom was the trial conducted?
(5) What were the outcomes of the trial?
(6) Is there any intention to apply the outcomes more widely?
(7) If yes, where, when and under what circumstances?
(8) If not, why not?
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Answered
10 November 2004
Responded by
Minister for Local Government and Regional Development representing the Minister for the Environment
Response time
43 days
(1) Eucalyptus cladocalyx (sugar gum). (2) The stand was planted in 1983 at 640 stems per hectare and thinned in 2002 to 350 stems per hectare. (3) The thinning of this stand was part of a 22.4 hectares harvest to test the viability of infield chipping of mixed eucalyptus species in the Water and Rivers Commission Wellington Dam catchment plantations estate. (4) The Water and Rivers Commission. (5) Infield chipping could be viable. (6) Yes. (7) In the Water and Rivers Commission Wellington Dam catchment plantations estate when existing stands mature or degrade. (8) Not applicable.
(2) The stand was planted in 1983 at 640 stems per hectare and thinned in 2002 to 350 stems per hectare. (3) The thinning of this stand was part of a 22.4 hectares harvest to test the viability of infield chipping of mixed eucalyptus species in the Water and Rivers Commission Wellington Dam catchment plantations estate. (4) The Water and Rivers Commission. (5) Infield chipping could be viable. (6) Yes. (7) In the Water and Rivers Commission Wellington Dam catchment plantations estate when existing stands mature or degrade. (8) Not applicable.
(3) The thinning of this stand was part of a 22.4 hectares harvest to test the viability of infield chipping of mixed eucalyptus species in the Water and Rivers Commission Wellington Dam catchment plantations estate. (4) The Water and Rivers Commission. (5) Infield chipping could be viable. (6) Yes. (7) In the Water and Rivers Commission Wellington Dam catchment plantations estate when existing stands mature or degrade. (8) Not applicable.
(4) The Water and Rivers Commission. (5) Infield chipping could be viable. (6) Yes. (7) In the Water and Rivers Commission Wellington Dam catchment plantations estate when existing stands mature or degrade. (8) Not applicable.
(5) Infield chipping could be viable. (6) Yes. (7) In the Water and Rivers Commission Wellington Dam catchment plantations estate when existing stands mature or degrade. (8) Not applicable.
(6) Yes. (7) In the Water and Rivers Commission Wellington Dam catchment plantations estate when existing stands mature or degrade. (8) Not applicable.
(7) In the Water and Rivers Commission Wellington Dam catchment plantations estate when existing stands mature or degrade. (8) Not applicable.
(8) Not applicable.
(2) The stand was planted in 1983 at 640 stems per hectare and thinned in 2002 to 350 stems per hectare. (3) The thinning of this stand was part of a 22.4 hectares harvest to test the viability of infield chipping of mixed eucalyptus species in the Water and Rivers Commission Wellington Dam catchment plantations estate. (4) The Water and Rivers Commission. (5) Infield chipping could be viable. (6) Yes. (7) In the Water and Rivers Commission Wellington Dam catchment plantations estate when existing stands mature or degrade. (8) Not applicable.
(3) The thinning of this stand was part of a 22.4 hectares harvest to test the viability of infield chipping of mixed eucalyptus species in the Water and Rivers Commission Wellington Dam catchment plantations estate. (4) The Water and Rivers Commission. (5) Infield chipping could be viable. (6) Yes. (7) In the Water and Rivers Commission Wellington Dam catchment plantations estate when existing stands mature or degrade. (8) Not applicable.
(4) The Water and Rivers Commission. (5) Infield chipping could be viable. (6) Yes. (7) In the Water and Rivers Commission Wellington Dam catchment plantations estate when existing stands mature or degrade. (8) Not applicable.
(5) Infield chipping could be viable. (6) Yes. (7) In the Water and Rivers Commission Wellington Dam catchment plantations estate when existing stands mature or degrade. (8) Not applicable.
(6) Yes. (7) In the Water and Rivers Commission Wellington Dam catchment plantations estate when existing stands mature or degrade. (8) Not applicable.
(7) In the Water and Rivers Commission Wellington Dam catchment plantations estate when existing stands mature or degrade. (8) Not applicable.
(8) Not applicable.
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