After the Black Summer bushfires decimated 25 per cent of NSW timber plantations, seedlings are being planted across 2,400 hectares in the state's Central West.
About 25 per cent of NSW timber plantations were destroyed during that summer."We have had an accelerated plant program of re-establishing those burnt forests over the last couple years," he said.
The NSW Masters Builders Association says the cost of timber will most likely not decline for another 12-months. "If you are building a $500,000 home, single level, we estimate roughly that the timber prior to the fires was valued at $60,000," he said.
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