NSW Government Response to the Natural Resources Commission's Riverina Bioregion Regional Forest Assessment River Red Gums and Woodland Forests Final Assessment Report

In 2009, the Premier of New South Wales requested that the Natural Resources Commission (NRC) assess the river red gum and woodland forests in the Riverina bioregion in NSW so that the Government could determine the conservation and sustainable future for the forests, the forestry industry and local communities.

The NRC completed its final assessment report Riverina Bioregion Regional Forest Assessment River Red Gums and Woodland Forests (NRC Report) in December 2009. The NRC report contained an assessment of the environmental, heritage, economic and social values of the forests. The report also included recommended water management, conservation, protection, economic and ecologically sustainable use of public land in the bioregion to sustain the forests and their identified values.

The NRC also wrote to the Premier in February 2010 to provide further advice on long term sustainable wood yields and standing stock volumes of quota sawlogs on public land in the river red gum assessment area.