Train loads of woodchips made from ancient forest trees are a regular site on the Manjimup Bunbury track. It's only a matter of time now before this will end. There will simply be no more oldgrowth forests left. Although the Labor government claims to have stopped all logging in old growth forest, conservationists and the government differ on their interpretations of "old growth". Collins forest south east of Pemberton is one such forest that Labor is allowing to be clearfelled to help meet logging contracts.

99% of our old growth marri ends up in the woodchip pile at Bunbury

Yesterday - Ancient forest; Tomorrow - Japanese paper