Logs – commonly called pulpwood – are sourced for SEFE in a number of ways and within different supply regimes.

Principal sources of supply are the non reserved public native forests in south east NSW and East Gippsland and licensed private property resources in both states. Pulpwood from SEFE’s own plantations has now been added to the supply mix.

The supply of pulpwood is influenced by a number of factors. Pulpwood is supplied from logging operations that are nearly all integrated, i.e. a number of products are produced in the same operations. Other products include sawlogs for sawing in sawmills, poles and firewood. Most logging operations are controlled by State Departments of either the NSW or Victorian Governments, from within the 10% of public forests available for timber harvesting in the two states.

The native forest is not a uniform resource. Some areas contain more wood than others. Some areas contain a far higher proportion of sawlogs than others. And in many cases the specific management of the logged block will dictate quite high levels of tree retention.

Thinning of regrowth forest is now a very significant part of pulpwood supply and will be close to the total source in the future. Sawlogs in the future will be smaller logs than those extracted in the past. Most old growth forest is now excluded from timber harvesting and will remain so.

"...growth and regrowth for the Eden region"