In the long-term, even more limiting is the lack of B-double access into the area. Reliable access is critical for both our tourism sector and broader business development. If we want to keep, let alone grow, jobs, we must start planning now to establish reliable road access for the future.

This infrastructure will require support from all three levels of government. I call on our local, state and federal leaders to expedite the planning to ensure that the coast and the Monaro have safe, swift and reliable road connections.

Mr Wilton (BDN, 18/2), the removal of burnt timber from the forest floor will strip what is left in the way of organic material from the forest floor. You mentioned that it will rot or become potential fuel for another fire, however if it fits will unlikely burn, but provide organic compounds to the earth and stabilisation to an otherwise vulnerable state.

Trees are not just timber, a commodity - but an important part of the ecosystem, whether they are standing, laying down, alive or dead. Surely if these logs are in already zoned logging coups then they could provide somewhat protection and matter for the replanting of trees for the next generation to be harvested later.

Money will not need to be spent for machinery for this "one off" program if we can let nature do its thing without causing more damage than has already been done. Get the tree planters in now (possibly employ those whose jobs are on the line in the mills) while there is moisture in the air and on the ground. Watch the trees, be it hardwood or softwood get a good start in a minimally disturbed environment.

Please think about this carefully, as there may be irreversible consequences for the timber industry, the environment and ultimately everybody's welfare.

Thank you for your time.

Please! There has been enough destruction in national parks as it is, with fires, drought and letting go of park management staff. For the timber industry to bring its crude and destructive practices into the fragile remains of flora and fauna reserves is an outrage.

The big machines they seem to insist on using are a gross invasion into places where wildlife is clinging on to existence. If only they had shown some respect for these living creatures and trees in the past, maybe there would be some hope in allowing them access, but no way. Let's get it together now and use their energies for a different kind of industry, as many other countries have managed to do. Transition into a cleaner more respectful employment. Please no more logging. Especially in vulnerable areas!

It is appalling that after all the trauma and destruction of the recent mega-fires the logging industry sees an opportunity to raid our vital protected areas. Its representatives make it sound like a public service instead of the greedy, profit-driven operation that it is.

The logging industry has never accepted national parks as a legitimate use of public lands. To the industry, a tree is a resource to be used. A tree protected is a tree wasted.

Now is the time for the forests to recover, for our catchments to heal and for streams to run clean again. The damage and disturbance of already fragile ecosystems by logging must be resisted.