Softwoods Working Group

the softwoods working group (swg) was formed in 1987 to represent the plantation-based timber industry of the south west slopes region of nsw, and involve all sectors of the community with an interest in the industry. the softwoods working group consists of representatives from: - 4 local government areas (snowy valleys, cootamundra-gundagai, greater hume, and albury city) - 2 regional development boards (murray and riverina) forestry corporation of nsw - all the major private plantation growers - all the processing operations in this region (visy, akd, hyne) - relevant nsw government agencies (such as the department of regional nsw, and transport for nsw) also attend meetings of swg. from planning road networks, to advocacy & economic impacts the swg was initially formed to plan for the future needs of the road network that forms an essential part of the infrastructure required by the local timber industry. these initial activities were successful in securing funding for the major