John ArnoldJul 4, 2023
_The Evening Post_, 5 July 1923:
LOCAL AND GENERAL
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Probably in no part of the world can such extraordinary tree growth be shown with Pinis Insignus [i.e. insignis = P. radiata] trees as in New Zealand … Mr. T. Hunt, on his property … near Wakefield, recently felled fifteen lar[g]e trees.… Mr. Herbert Hunt, on the adjoining farm, felled several twenty-year-old trees … netted their owner over £5 per tree.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19230705.2.29
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #NewZealand #Forestry #PinusRadiata
Andy McKayDec 5, 2022

It's disappointing to see Fish & Game spreading misinformation.

Plantation forests have a similar acidity compared to native forests and a similar water use profile.

High flow streams through pasture are what's unnatural and unhealthy here.

Fish & Game concerned over the impacts of carbon farming on recreational access and freshwater health | Stuff.co.nz

#CarbonFarming #NativeForests #PlantationForestry #PinusRadiata

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/130322555/fish--game-concerned-over-the-impacts-of-carbon-farming-on-recreational-access-and-freshwater-health

Fish & Game concerned over the impacts of carbon farming on recreational access and freshwater health

Fish & Game says carbon farming has negative implications for recreational access and freshwater health.

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