Locals say a proposal to carry out logging in a state forest on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast will leave long-lasting scars on the area and are fearful of the effect it will have on threatened species.  The state government has proposed to log selected trees in a section of the Beerwah State Forest, known locally as Ferny Forest, before it ends native timber production in the “high value” conservation area in two years.  Sunshine Coast residents fear chopping down parts of the forest, in areas deemed core koala habitat, could have disastrous consequences.  “It’s home to koalas, which have been listed as endangered, as well as glossy black cockatoos and greater gliders,” said Wendy Merefield-Ward, a member of Save Ferny Forest. …Narelle McCarthy, a spokesperson of the Sunshine Coast environment council, said the group opposed any harvesting of the forest – which is one of the few remaining coastal rainforests in the region.