Forestry Corporation has entered into a $500,000 undertaking with the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) after 17 trees were harvested from Riparian Exclusion Zones in the Coopernook State Forest in December 2021.

We are disappointed that we did not comply on this occasion and we are sorry. The enforceable undertaking requires Forestry Corporation to undertake four projects, to compensate for the error.

Over the next 12 months we will:

• Develop and test an industry-first in-cab Boundary Warning Prototype to improve operational boundary management, worth $150,000.
• Improve this website to better inform external stakeholders about forestry operations conducted under the Coastal Integrated Forestry Operations Approval, worth $150,000.
• Establish, monitor and maintain breeding sites for threatened frog species in the Olney State Forest, worth $100,000.
• Establish and maintain a nature-themed playground at the Forest Camping Ground that will cater for an expanded visitor demographic, worth $100,000.

Forestry Corporation also fined the contractor and re-trained the harvesting crew.

We will continue to provide updates to the EPA and the community on the progress of each of the projects above.