WELCOME TO PFSQ
Private Forestry Southern Queensland (PFSQ) is an incorporated ‘not-for-profit’ association, whose primary function is to assist in the development of the private forest industry in southern Queensland.
A management board of 6 eminent forest industry representatives oversees PFSQ.
PFSQ receives some funding from a number of NRM groups to address sections of their regional funding strategic plan. The funding covers extension and training programs in Native Forest Management to landholders to improve the productive and environmental outcomes of the private native forest resource as well as plantation establishment and management.
PFSQ also undertakes a range of commercial operations including Native Forest and Plantation assessment, property and harvest management plans as well as managing harvests and Stand Improvement Treatment operations.
Our membership comprises farm forestry support groups, Industry representatives, Government representatives, Landcare groups and individuals with an interest in private forestry …more..
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STOP PRESS: The Queensland State Government have amended the Vegetation Management laws. Follow the link and see what applies to your area of the State. http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/vegetation/regional_codes.html
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Re-veg.net.au
Forest Management Survey Update
Thank you to everyone who has filled out the survey so far.
The survey is still open. Landholders wishing to be involved in Re-veg,net.au are encouraged to take part in the survey.
A few teething problems with the survey have been ironed out. Thank you to those who have pointed them out to us. If you have had problems completing the survey and wish to start again, email pfsq@bigpond.com and we can re-set your submission.
Survey instructions:
- The demographic questions are the only mandatory questions. You will not be able to proceed to the next page unless this section is completed. The demographic information is important as it is our means of contacting you regarding the project.
- There are three pages to the survey. Click next at the bottom right hand corner to proceed to the next page.
- When you have completed the survey click ‘done’, it will be automatically submitted via Survey Monkey. There is nothing more for you to do.
Once you have completed the survey we will be contacting you with further information about the project and how you can be involved.
Thank you, once again for your time and your patience.
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Re-veg.net.au 
FOREST MANAGEMENT SURVEY
Take part in the 2010 Re-vegnet.au Forest Management Survey and help us tailor the project to suit your needs.
As the lead partner in Re-veg.net.au, Private Forestry Southern Queensland invites you to participate in the project and in the process of developing the landholder network. An initial landholder survey has been developed with the aim of improving and measuring the delivery of forest land management information. This survey will be the first step for landholders wishing to be involved in the training and incentive program.
By completing the Forest Management survey, you are helping us to design an extension and education program relevant to the needs of landholders in your region. The information that you provide in the survey is strictly confidential. Your personal details will be used to assess your eligibility for the incentive program; to contact you regarding upcoming events; and to assist you with property management planning should you continue with the program.
Click here to take survey
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Queensland, 13th January 2010
Landholders across six east coast catchments will benefit from Reveg.net.au, a $4 million dollar forest management project.
Private Forestry Southern Queensland Inc (PFSQ) in conjunction with SEQ Catchments and the Central Queensland Forest Association has been successful in their submission to the Caring for our Country Australian Government funding round.
From the NSW border in the south to Bloomfield in the north and west to the Great Dividing Range, Re-veg.net.au will assist landholders over the next four years to implement vegetation management plans with a targeted education, extension and incentive program.
Project manager and PFSQ Executive Officer, Sean Ryan summed up the project by saying, “A healthy forest is a productive forest and a productive forest benefits everyone”.
The majority of project funds have been allocated to on-ground work, including improving the health, ground cover and productivity of overstocked regrowth forests, revegetating recharge and discharge zones and linking fragmented essential habitat forests.
“Managed properly, a healthy and productive forest can add enormous value to the farm enterprise and at the same time can provide recognised environmental services to the broader community” Mr Ryan said.
As the lead partner in the project, Private Forestry Southern Queensland is inviting landholders to participate in the project and in the process of developing the landholder network. The first step for interested landholders is to complete the Forest Management Survey. This survey has been developed with the aim of improving and measuring the delivery of forest land management information.
“By completing the Forest Management survey, landholders are helping us to design an extension and education program relevant to the specific needs of each region,” said Mr Ryan. “The information that landholders provide in the survey is strictly confidential and will be used to assess eligibility for the incentive program, to make contact with landholders regarding upcoming events, and to assist with property management planning should they continue with the program.”
To access Re-veg.net.au Forest Management Survey, follow this link http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5NYNHBJ or visit Re-veg.net.au and follow the web link.
For further information regarding the Re-veg.net.au project contact Private Forestry Southern Queensland on (07) 54836535, email pfsq@bigpond.com or visit the Re-veg.net.au website.
Click here for extended information about the Re-veg.net.au project
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December 2009
Funding for Re-Veg.net.au
We are pleased to announce that a joint submission between PFSQ, SEQ Catchments and CQ Forest Association has been approved by the Australian Dept of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry under the Caring for our Country program. The program is called Revegnet.au and in due course we will have links applied to let you all see what it’s all about. Below is the precis delivered by the Federal Government.
Revegnet.au has been developed to progress through a logical flow from definition of best management forest, reafforestation and revegetation practices, mapping and risk assessment of priority areas, the improvement in skill and capacity building of landholders, developing property management plans and the implementation of those plans via an incentive program for on-ground works. These works will include fencing riparian areas and unstable drainage lines, revegetating recharge zones, linking fragmented essential habitat forests and improving the health, ground cover and productivity of overstocked regrowth forests.
Revegnet.au will ensure a network of critical endangered ecological communities buffered and linked via reafforestation to allow for a resilient recharge/discharge of biodiversity functions across the landscape.
Newsletter to landholders Read our latest newletter to see if you can access Federal Governmant funding for Forest management on your property.
WOW!! The Bus Trip was a great success. The bus was full and everyone
had a great day. Below are a few pics from the day.
Lunchtime at Sean’s shed
Ringtail State Forest
URI MURI Plantation
Tools You Can Use
We have got a stack of useful tools and guides specially designed for land holders and natural resource managers. Whether you need a log volume table or a planting guide chances are if it involves native forestry you will find it here.
Professional Advice
PFSQ is committed to providing you with the professional advice you need to manage private native forestry productively and profitably. Our workshops are a great way to get the knowledge and skills you need to manage your native forest assets. Or you might prefer to take advantage of consulting services and contract PFSQ to manage a harvest, create a forest management plan or advise you on your forest management needs.
Want to know more about the professional services we provide? Click here to download our capability statement.
Participate
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