Government logging has resumed in fire-damaged forests in NSW despite warnings that devastated bushland and endangered wildlife are too fragile to withstand further disruption. Newly released documents from the NSW government’s logging agency – the Forestry Corporation – reveal that at least 85 per cent of harvestable native hardwood forests in the south coast region was burnt in the fires. Despite this, in a letter to wood supply contract holders – released during budget estimates – the corporation said it remains “optimistic” it can meet its supply entitlements. Independent NSW MP Justin Field said the government was acting as if the devastating fires had never happened. He said communities were “devastated to see logging return to burnt and unburnt forests across NSW.” NSW Environment Protection Agency mapping shows about 92 per cent of the area set for logging was burnt in the fires.