Save the Forests

M McKinty

In 1945 there was a well-resourced Campaign called "Save the Forests".  It was a significant campaign with input from a wide range of Government and private organisations.

Roger Smith has provided a collection of pamphlets from that time that were held by his father, Frank Smith, who in 1946 was the "Field Officer" of the Campaign.

 

An Inseparable Trinity - Save the Forests Campaign Annual Report 1949
Second Report of Activities
Structure
Country Organisation
Activities
Growing Eucalypts
Field Report -Smith 1946
Forest Week 1945
School Camps
Water
Publications & Activities
Seed Collection

See Also

Maffra Newspaper Article 1946
Save the Forests A Ker, 1950 (Empire Forestry Review, Vol. 29, No. 2)
Save the Forests - Scout Involvement CE Isaac, 1945
Principal Timber Trees. FCV 1925
Principal Australian Eucalypts. FCV. 1924

 
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Campaign Poster - Around 1945

 

Saving the Forests

Mal McKinty

Malcolm graduated from the VSF in 1965 and achieved a Master of Environmental Science in 1992.

His postings with the Forests Commission have been in hardwood forest management in Nowa Nowa (briefly), Bendoc, Lal Lal (briefly) and Orbost; then as Assistant District Forester at Toolangi and Mansfield. From late 1978 to 1994 he was a Senior Research Officer with the Land Conservation Council and towards the end of that period took secondments with the Land Protection Division and the Forest Environment Section. From 1994 to 1998 he was Senior Planner with Forest Management Planning. Early retirement allowed him to take a two-year position (under the auspices of Australian Volunteers International) at the Bulolo University College (Forestry School) in Papua New Guinea as the Senior Technical Instructor for fire protection and forest management. Back in Victoria in 2000 he undertook contract work for a few years writing policy and reports and editing material for various Government agencies; and land-use studies for a private company. And he owns a Subaru Forester.

Mal McKinty

Malcolm graduated from the VSF in 1965 and achieved a Master of Environmental Science in 1992.

His postings with the Forests Commission have been in hardwood forest management in Nowa Nowa (briefly), Bendoc, Lal Lal (briefly) and Orbost; then as Assistant District Forester at Toolangi and Mansfield. From late 1978 to 1994 he was a Senior Research Officer with the Land Conservation Council and towards the end of that period took secondments with the Land Protection Division and the Forest Environment Section. From 1994 to 1998 he was Senior Planner with Forest Management Planning. Early retirement allowed him to take a two-year position (under the auspices of Australian Volunteers International) at the Bulolo University College (Forestry School) in Papua New Guinea as the Senior Technical Instructor for fire protection and forest management. Back in Victoria in 2000 he undertook contract work for a few years writing policy and reports and editing material for various Government agencies; and land-use studies for a private company. And he owns a Subaru Forester.