Forestry Corporation of NSW is reminding people to avoid closed forests due to risks from bushfire damage and falling trees.

Power poles and hardwood timbers for homes and infrastructure will be the focus of a small-scale selective timber harvesting operation set to commence in fire-affected parts of Mogo and South Brooman State Forests next week.

The Wauchope Show Society couldn’t be happier to see donated timber arrive in time for redevelopment of the showground’s grandstands.

The Northern NSW forestry industry has begun salvaging burnt timber from softwood plantations impacted by recent fires, with local production to increase fourfold over the next year.

Recent widespread rainfall and increased humidity have meant many coastal State forests from Sydney to the Queensland border are reopening on Wednesday 22 January 2020.

With fire weather worsening, State forests in the Tumut, Tumbarumba and Bombala areas have been closed from midnight 29 December 2019 until further notice.

Forestry Corporation of NSW is warning the community that many State forests are currently dangerous firegrounds – with either the current threat of fire or recent fire activity - and there are widespread forest closures across the South East NSW and wider NSW.

Due to the scale of bushfire in the landscape and anticipated severe heatwaves, there are widespread State forest closures over the Christmas and New Year period.

Forestry Corporation of NSW is warning visitors that access to and from Blowering dam through Bago State Forest could be affected by fire.