Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 4.13:
Firewood cutting in a patch of temperate woodland on the South West Slopes of New South
Wales. (Photo by Esther Beaton)
Relocating fallen timber
Fallen timber can be a problem for machinery in cropping paddocks. In these
cases, a management solution may be to collect the timber and redistribute it
within woodland remnants or in plantings where it can play a valuable role as part
of the habitat for a range of species, including threatened or declining native
woodland birds
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(see Chapters 2 and 3). Because of
the importance of logs within plantings, existing
paddocks with large amounts of fallen timber can be
good ones to target for revegetation.
Fallen timber is obviously derived from standing
trees. Therefore, maintaining an ongoing long-term
supply of fallen timber in a paddock will require the
retention of paddock trees as well as the recruitment of
new trees that will eventually replace existing ones.
Commercial firewood cutting
is a highly destructive
industry that has many
negative damaging effectives
on farm wildlife. The activities
of commercial firewood
contractors should be limited
or excluded on a farm
Native grasses
There is a long tradition in Australia of establishing many kinds of exotic pasture
grasses for domestic livestock grazing, and areas formerly dominated by temperate
