The forestry lobby is calling for more funding and access to national parks to support a “massive harvest and haulage operation” after this summer’s bushfires, but experts warn that logging burnt forests will cause “unacceptable” damage to wildlife. The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) wrote a briefing note to MPs last week, warning that bushfires had caused “unprecedented” damage to the industry through loss of native and plantation stocks. AFPA said there was a “narrow window of opportunity” before burnt timbers degraded and requested for funding for industry and workers to conduct “salvage logging”. “Subject to environmental considerations, state governments should support salvaging timber from all burnt forests across all impacted tenures to clear roads, minimise fuel loads and allow greater flexibility for meeting timber supply requirements,” AFPA said.