Quote Originally Posted by Plasnart View Post
Has always been illegal to collect firewood in vic national parks. The murray ban is new and probably fair if you look at with an open mind. The forest floors there are clean as a whistle. I heard a representative of the firewood industry explaining on radio the other day that licenced collectors must leave the area theyre harvesting in covered in debris. It looks messy but is good for the habitat.
Who told you that forest floors there are clean as a whistle, I call that BS. Red Gums have shallow roots and due to the bush now being flooded every year the old ones just fall over, Red Gums also drop large limbs often