On Monday, July 25, there were 50 to 60 protestors blocking the entrance to the logging compartment.

Officers responded at 9am from Bermagui, Narooma, Cobargo and Bega stations.

When police arrived, the majority left the area and the remaining protestors were given move-on directions, allowing police to escort out two logging trucks and other forestry vehicles.

A sign placed repeatedly on police cars was confiscated and has not yet been picked up from the Narooma station.

This Monday, there were about 30 protestors gathered on Wallaga Lake Road from 7.30am, with some entering the prohibited logging area on Scenic Drive holding up banners at the first snigging track.

Forestry workers directed the protestors to move on, calling police when they refused to do so.

Officers spoke to both camps and the protestors slowly complied with move-on directions, with police saying they were generally well behaved, with the exception of one female protestor who had to be physically moved out of the way of an departing log truck.

A Statement by Friends of Five Forests:

THE peaceful vigil in Bermagui State Forest by conservationists continued into its second month.

They say the community is distressed by the extent of the logging and the apparent imminent destruction of the much-loved "Cathedral Trees".

New roads have been made into this area and the trees have been marked.

Forestry NSW’s statement to the media has been misleading in that most people are not aware of the fact that most of the "Cathedral" will indeed be felled.

It makes little sense that the federal governments' carbon tax has been introduced when, simultaneously this gross degradation continues.

The logging, burning and clearing of native vegetation is responsible for nearly 20 per cent of Australia's carbon emissions.

The "Wilderness Coast", so declared by Federal Minister Martin Ferguson, is being trashed at an unprecedented rate.

A Forestry NSW worker informed the crowd that they would be logging for another three weeks, in the "Cathedral Trees".

Lifetime resident, Clyde Watt called in to the vigil this morning and expressed shock and disappointment that the forest he had grown up with had been reduced to "rubbish".