Mr Phil Norman FERA Queensland Dept of Natural Resources. No 302 Parish of Ballon. This large forest area starts 25km north of Chinchilla and straddles the Great Dividing Range. The principal overstorey species include Callitris glaucophylla, Corymbia citriodora, Eucalyptus crebra, Allocasuarina luehmannii, Angophora leiocarpa, Eucalyptus fibrosa subsp nubila, E. tenuipes, Corymbia bloxsomei and C. polycarpa. Numerous silvicultural research plots exist, some dating back to that time.
Research is ongoing.
Data has been collected from a series of permanent detailed yield plots since 1951. Recently some of these plots have been upgraded, through the measurement of a range of additional biodiversity, habitat, and soil related attributes to contribute to reporting on Montreal Process criteria and indicators. Logging has occurred within the forest since the early 1900 s and it has been regularly burnt both by wildfire and prescribed burning. Grazing leases cover most of the area. Forest growth and yield Detailed yield plots.