Upgrading Wellsford State Forest to national park status will make it a “tinderbox”, local prospector says

William Vallely
Updated August 18 2017 - 5:30pm, first published 5:20pm

Upgrading the Wellsford State Forest to national park status will make it a “tinderbox” and heighten the bushfire risk of the area, the head of a local prospecting group has claimed. 

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