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Pines at Blue Bay need to go to protect public safety
Monday, July 16, 2012
PINE trees to the west and south of the former Blue Bay motor camp at Opoutama will be felled as a safety measure.

The trees were infested with a type of beetle, and people “without the appropriate tickets” were felling them for firewood, Wairoa District Council chief executive Peter Freeman told councillors last week.

“We are at risk,” he said, referring to the possibility of someone being hurt on council-controlled land.

The draft management plan for the area strongly recommended the pines be replaced with suitable native species, Mr Freeman said.

A forestry contractor was prepared to fell the pine trees, “with some local involvement”, at no cost to the council.

The contractor would make what he could from the timber and leave some felled material for those collecting firewood. The trees were of the type that grew wild in the area and were of low value.
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