What is so difficult about making forest owners responsible for the clean-up of slash?
They own the trees. Slash is part of the tree, therefore they own the slash. When slash leaves their property and damages other people’s property they, as owner of the slash, are responsible for the damage and clean-up.
If council and government won’t enforce this, there seems to be good grounds for a successful class action against the forest owners.
Derek Paterson
Sunnyhills
