A council's failure to monitor a forestry company has been labelled by a judge as "reprehensible and irresponsible, to say the least". Juken was one of 10 forestry companies prosecuted by the council over damage caused by "slash" - forestry debris - in storms that hit the region in June last year. * Forestry slash reminder economic boon not without problems* Farmers call for logging halt, compensation after damageThe cost of the clean-up was put at $10million. Marty Sharpe Forestry slash damaged roads and bridges and piled up on farms and in gullies. He said "it is impossible to describe Juken's management of the Waituna Forest as anything other than 'careless in the extreme'".

Source: Stuff December 14, 2019 23:37 UTC