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Originally Posted by argonavis
Why is there so much pollution in northern tassie? Forestry is pretty clean
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There is so much pollution because there is burnoff activity, over the past year almost constantly. When you have a high level of plantation forestry you have a high level of regeneration burning (Forestry burnoff is exempt from all appropriate environmental laws). Add to that the fact that they lay poison baits in the areas to kill off the native wildlife and aerial spray with chemicals (some of which have been banned in other countries). These chemicals have been sprayed on adjacent properties and run off in to our waterways. Growing plantations also reduce waterflow to rivers and streams. Four Corners did an excellent program on forestry in Tasmania, not that it helped, things are worse now than ever.