Logging is a crime against nature

BETH SCHULTZ  (The West Australian – Opinion – Feb 06, 2012)

The madness of logging our forests. It is anyone’s guess why the State Government wants logging in native forests to continue. Against all the evidence, it claims that logging is sustainable.So let’s turn the question round and ask: why should we stop…’

Logging is a crime against nature

Police and protestors clash over Warrup

A call out for a blockade went out on Sunday evening and was answered by about a dozen people from Bridgetown group Warrup Forest Friends (WFF) and Busselton Friends of the Forest (BFF), as well as popular children’s writer and social commentator Lesley Dewar, who said she was outraged by the bulldozers in Warrup.  (Donnybrook-Bridgetown Mail)

Police and Protestors Clash Over Warrup

 

Protesters move to protect Warrup

KAREN HUNT, Manjimup-Bridgetown Times   February 1, 2012, 6:00 am

A confrontation is looming between forestry contractors and activists in the Warrup forest between Bridgetown and Manjimup.

Activists have chained themselves across an access road in Warrup and warn they will ‘‘lock on’’ to machinery to continue to prevent logging in what they describe as one of the South West’s last remaining unreserved high-conservation value forests.

Protesters Move to Protect Warrup

Blogging Grandmother Joins Bulldozer Blockade For Black Cockatoos and Numbats

LESLEY DEWAR, Media Release  January 30, 2012.

Outraged by the commencement of logging in the environmentally sensitive Warrup Forest area near Bridgetown, in Western Australia, well known children’s writer, Social Media commentator and blogger, Lesley Dewar has joined the bulldozer blockade.

Blogging Grandmother Joins Bulldozer Blockade For Black Cockatoos and Numbats

The whirr of machinery is music to Manjimup

Rebecca DolleryUpdated January 30, 2012 (ABC South West WA)

It’s a new year and a new beginning as the whirr of machinery breaks the silence at Manjimup’s Deanmill.  For Manjimup shire president Wade De Campo, it is music to his ears.

The whirr of machinery is music to Manjimup

Activists to stand in the way of Warrup being logged

GERRY GEORGATOS

24 Jan, 2012 10:04 AM

ONGOING controversy over the fate of the Warrup forest block near Bridgetown may come to a head this summer after confirmation the area will be logged.Activists have confirmed they will do everything they can to stop the logging.Bridgetown-Greenbushes Friends of the Forest (BGFF) president Richard Wittenoom said the logging in Warrup was imminent.However, he said Arcadia would be logged first.  (Donnybrook-Bridgetown Mail)

Activists To Stand In The Way Of Warrup Being Logged