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Mound ploughing in ForestrySA’s Mount Gambier Forest
Mound ploughing softens the soil and helps trees to develop healthy roots


 


Planting pine seeds at ForestrySA’s Glencoe Nursery
This machine, with careful human guidance, ensures that seeds are planted into well-prepared soil


 


Young pine seedlings at ForestrySA’s Glencoe Nursery
Young trees receive a lot of individual attention during their early growth.


 


Pine seedlings growing well at ForestrySA’s Glencoe Nursery
Rows of seedlings receive plenty of water and care and are kept in a nursery until they are ready to be planted out.


 


Loading a cropduster in Kuitpo Forest
Special aircraft like the one in this photo distribute fertilizer from the air to help young trees grow.


 

Gumeracha
PIRSA Forestry’s wide spaced farm forestry demonstration area near Gumeracha
This trial demonstrates that farmers can grow trees and graze stock as a mixed farming system


 


Log measuring at Kuitpo Forest
Harvested logs are stored in piles and measured to determine how much timber is being sold for sawmilling.


 

Logs loaded at ForestrySA’s Mount Burr Forest
Logs loaded at ForestrySA’s Mount Burr Forest
Trucks are used to transport the loaded logs from the forest to the mills.


 


A wildfire at Wandilo near Mount Gambier
Fires are a threat to forestry and their prevention and suppression is a priority in summer.


 


Native toadstools in Mount Crawford Forest
A range of flora and fauna lives in the plantation and native forests of South Australia.


 


Ironbark gum plantation at Kuitpo Forest
In the early days, many types of trees were planted to see which ones grew best.


 


Timber framing for a new office
Harvested timber is used for building construction, fencing, paper, fuel, pine bark and chips.


 

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