Forestry Corporation of NSW
The Forestry Corporation of NSW is a state-owned corporation that has been appointed to manage environmental conservation, community access, tourism, fire, land management and renewable timber production across 2 million hectares (4.9 million acres) of public land on behalf of the NSW Government.[6] The first attempt at a commercial pine plantation was made at Tuncurry State Forest on the mid-north coast in 1912.[9] The NSW Environment Protection Authority has described Forestry Corporation as having a "history of noncompliance".[10] In June 2022, they were fined over A$285,000 for felling trees in koala habitat exclusion zones at Wild Cattle Creek State Forest.[14] However, in June 2022, the NSW Agriculture Minister signalled that the government has no plans to phase out logging of native hardwood in state forests.