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Continually we hear about the importance of conserving water, yet our tax dollars are being used for the woodchip industry to turn water catchment forests into toilet and copy paper.
The irony here is that mature, bid-growth forests use up many times less water than young regenerating forests. Environmental concerns need proper discussions and action to treat the root cause, not simply "band-aid" solutions such as more dams (Herald Sun, March 22).
The first step must be to suspend the logging of water catchment forests,
but the long-term solution lies in increasing public awareness of the finite
nature of water as a resource. Water should be conserved, or used
wisely at all times, not just when there is a serious threat of restrictions.
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