All the evidence – colonial accounts and records, First Peoples’ testimony and scientific data – points to the existence of widespread tall, dense forests 250 years ago.
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Victoria’s iconic mountain ash forests are reeling from decades of logging and fire. They’re not recovering on their own.
The mountain ash dominates as the tallest species of tree, but they did not win tree with the biggest girth.
These trees are too important to be destroyed in the name of the forestry industry. This is why my husband Steve Pearce and I climb, explore and photograph them.
Fires and logging changes forest soil structure for at least 30-80+ years, affecting everything from regrowth to carbon storage.
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