State Forest Timber Harvesting History, Most Recent Activity to 2023

A spatial layer derived from LOG_SEASON shows the most recent timber harvesting activity recorded for any given area in State forest. The dataset stores details of the last harvest date, species harvested, and harvesting method used. It is updated with 2022-23 information and is complete to 30 June 2023.

Use Cases

• Mapping the spatial footprint of recent timber harvesting based on the derived spatial layer.
• Analyzing temporal patterns of forest use based on the last known harvest date.
• Studying the prevalence of different harvesting methods across State forests.
• Assessing species-specific harvesting activities based on the recorded species information.

Strengths

• Data is updated with 2022-23 information and complete to 30 June 2023.
• Spatial layer resolves overlapping harvest events to show only the most recent activity.
• Stores three key attributes per area: last harvest date, species, and harvesting method.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and spatial scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Collection Method

Derived from LOG_SEASON data.

Time Range

Complete to 30 June 2023.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 01:38:17.204888; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State forest areas, location unspecified.