Sad that trees are seen as a resource to be harvested

It’s sad how early settlers and people right up to today see trees as a resource that needs to be harvested.

The worlds tallest trees the mountain ash that once stood in Gippsland Victoria, taller than the current tallest tree the Canadian redwoods.

Yet thanks to our backwards thinking Government in early 1900s offering a 20 pound reward to anyone who felled a tree taller than 100 Metres in height, they were all obliterated ! 

This is a good read with some great pics attached. (Nuts About Gums)

https://victoriasgianttrees.weebly.com/strzelecki-ranges.html