Stop-work orders usually last up to 40 days but were in place for 160 days in Tallaganda and Flat Rock State Forests to protect the endangered greater gliders.In line with other states, environmentalists want NSW to put an end to native forest logging by 2025.
"I have to put the boys off. My son will probably lose his house … as will the other young bloke," he said.Stop-work orders usually last up to 40 days, but prolonged decision-making by the EPA on how best to protect endangered greater gliders meant the pause in operations in Tallaganda and Flat Rock State Forests, where loggers like Mr Slater worked, lasted almost six months.
The EPA has enforced new rules including conducting nocturnal surveying and retaining additional hollow-bearing trees that the marsupials call home. "We want the state government to commit $450 million to transition the 1,000 jobs from native forest logging into plantations." "There's a lot of people and a lot of towns that rely on the timber industry income getting spent in local towns," Mr Slater said.