Manjimup in transition one year after WA stopped logging native forests

When you drive into the town of Manjimup, 295 kilometres south of Perth, the timber logging legacy is clear to see. Ms Jarvis said timber towns such as Manjimup were thriving and the diversity of businesses and community groups that received funding was "phenomenal". "The decision to end forest logging was welcomed by the beekeeping industry statewide because we are so reliant on those mature forests to produce the honeys we do," owner Mikey Cernotta said. "Timber mills can receive timber from ecological thinning," Ms Jarvis said. Ms Perdon said the aim of ecological thinning was not to replace logging as an industry but to keep the forest healthy while still providing material for people to use.