More Info →Ross Cassells, Part 1, working for the Forestry Service - Manawatu Conversations

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 8th November 2022. Part 1 of 3.  To Palmerston North in 1985, a forester with NZ Forest Service. Description of training and type of work. Living in forestry huts. Erosion. Effects of deer and possums. Importance of undergrowth in indigenous forests. Management plans. Introduction of computers. 1985 restructuring, Ross moved to Department of Conservation. Resources forester. Sand dune forests. Riparian buffer zones. Forest clearing, alternative approaches, machinery.