‘Humbug,’ say forest protectors
PA Wellington Conservationists have dismissed an assertion by the Minister of Forests (Mr Elworthy) that some King Country residents may become an endangered species if native logging is stopped there. The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society and the Native Forests Action Council said it was "political humbug” to say that the livelihood of Pureora and other townships depended on continued native logging. Mr Elworthy made the statement after visiting the area.
The director of the joint campaign on native forests. Mr Guy Salmon, said the maximum sustainable yield from the forests would keep one logging gang and a small Te Kuiti sawmill occupied for four months of the year. He said Mr' Elworthy was dangerously underestimating the breadth and intensity of public support for the-preser-vation of native forests.
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Press, 2 March 1982, Page 13
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