NSW farmers stepping up tree felling even before land-clearing laws loosened

By Peter Hannam
Updated June 13 2016 - 1:24am, first published June 12 2016 - 11:45pm
Farmers have been cutting down paddock trees at an increasing rate. Photo: Scott Hartvigsen
Farmers have been cutting down paddock trees at an increasing rate. Photo: Scott Hartvigsen

The state's farmers have lopped paddock trees at an accelerating rate in the past 18 months even before a new land-clearing law eases controls further, government data shows.

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