{"id":4493,"date":"2025-11-11T16:55:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T05:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/?p=4493"},"modified":"2025-11-11T16:57:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T05:57:42","slug":"salvage-logging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/salvage-logging\/","title":{"rendered":"Salvage logging"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>This isn\u2019t recovery &#8211; it\u2019s destruction in disguise.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What you\u2019re seeing is industrial-scale salvage logging at Silver Queen, in the headwaters of the Werribee River and within the area proposed for the new Wombat-Lerderderg National Park &#8211; a place that should be protected for its rich biodiversity, not treated like a logging zone.<\/p>\n<p>Wombat Forestcare took VicForests to court over this very site, arguing that adequate surveys for threatened species hadn\u2019t been carried out.<\/p>\n<p>But before the case could be heard, VicForests was shut down &#8211; and the question of what was missed remains unanswered.<\/p>\n<p>Experts believe endangered species like the Spotted Hyacinth Orchid were likely never surveyed for, and that removing wind-fallen timber doesn\u2019t actually reduce fire risk &#8211; it simply strips away vital habitat for wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>As Victoria moves to legislate new national parks, this kind of large-scale clearing undermines public trust and threatens the very values these parks aim to protect.<\/p>\n<h3>It\u2019s time for government to halt this damage and ensure proper protection for the Wombat before it\u2019s too late.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_slider et_pb_slider_fullwidth_off et_pb_gallery_post_type\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/ffm-salvage-1.webp);\"><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/ffm-salvage-2.webp);\"><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_slide\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/ffm-salvage-4.webp);\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This isn\u2019t recovery &#8211; it\u2019s destruction in disguise. &nbsp; What you\u2019re seeing is industrial-scale salvage logging at Silver Queen, in the headwaters of the Werribee River and within the area proposed for the new Wombat-Lerderderg National Park &#8211; a place that should be protected for its rich biodiversity, not treated like a logging zone. Wombat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4493"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4502,"href":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4493\/revisions\/4502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wombatforestcare.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}