Operations Update
HVP have a vision of respecting our communities and having them value us. For this to occur we need to get better at telling our story of economic growth and community support. Our staff identify with the adage ‘We do the right thing when no-one is watching.’ This resonates with us, it is a true reflection of the role of the Australian forester. Our staff are passionate about what we do. We love forests, we live in forests, and we depend on a healthy and sustainable environment to work, earn and live.
On any given day HVP staff may be responsible for more than one hundred operations taking place across our estate. All necessary to ensure we are able to continue supplying our customers with the wood they need to make the products people use every day.
These updates are of operations we consider will have significant general community interest. We also provide notification directly to our neighbours immediately adjacent to harvesting coupes, aerial operations and where we have to undertake burning for residue or fuel reduction.
Please note this is not an exhaustive list of all current operations across the estate.
Should you have further queries or suggestions in relation to these operations please contact us via the contact tab at the top of this page.
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Fellas Track update
September 30, 2026
In September 2025, HVP announced that Fellas Track at Turtons Creek would no longer be managed for timber production and would be regenerated to native forest.
12 months later, HVP has made significant progress in delivering on this commitment.
2026 Mystic Harvesting and Haulage Operations, Oct - Dec
September 24, 2026
HVP Plantations wishes to advise residents, businesses and the local community that forest harvesting and associated haulage operations will recommence in the Mystic area of Bright.
2026 winter harvesting: Moe South
July 21, 2026
HVP Plantations will be undertaking a harvesting operation in the Moe South plantation from late July 2026. We anticipate this operation will be completed in September.
Full Details2026 winter harvesting: Slaughteryard Road plantation, Thorpdale
June 10, 2026
HVP Plantations (HVP) will be undertaking a harvest operation in the Slaughteryard Road plantation during winter 2026. We anticipate this operation will be completed in late September.
Full Details©2026 Hancock Victorian Plantations
