Logging
Logging ban takes toll on locals
A statewide ban on logging in Victorian native forests has forced local timber and firewood companies to source timber from New South Wales as prices skyrocket.
Logging ban puts dent in wood chop
How much wood could a woodchopper chop if there was no wood to chop?
Closure for rail trail
Colac Otway Shire Council has asked people to obey signs along the Old Beechy Rail Trail due to a trail closure.
Crackdown on anti-logging protestors
New state laws will crack down on protestors engaging in dangerous activity in timber harvesting areas.
State Government pulls forestry laws
The Victorian Government is back to the drawing board over controversial forestry legislation that would tighten regulations around timber harvesting.
Man dies in logging accident
A COLAC man died yesterday after a tree fell on him at a logging coupe in the Otways.