Collaborative project results in environmental and economic benefits

OneFortyOne recently completed a successful project which has significantly improved the conservation status and value of an inlier (protected vegetation) in one of its South Australian estates between Nangwarry and Penola, while also getting people back into the workforce.

The project – a collaboration between OneFortyOne’s Estate, Planning and Marketing and Operations divisions – saw 3,400 cubic metres of product salvaged from pine wildlings outside of the company’s standing inventory in an area known as Little Forest.

Among these wildlings were native trees, including redgums which were estimated to be hundreds of years old. The redgums have been left standing, there is now space for them to thrive

OneFortyOne’s Sean Green, David Kenseley and Angelo Ananiadis came up with the idea to clear the inlier in a collaborative fashion which had multiple benefits for the company.

Salvaged product went to both domestic and export markets, generating revenue for the project. This money will be reinvested to do follow-up control to consolidate the cleared area for conservation and management purposes.

The team used innovative solutions to clear the pine wildlings from the inlier which included the use of redundant equipment from local contractor Tabeel Trading. This allowed two machinery operators on JobKeeper to get back into the workforce.

Highly skilled harvest operator Gavin Coon removed the trees with surgical precision to minimise damage to the residual redgum and adjacent commercial pine trees.