BC Government Invests $27 million to Increase Use of Forest Residuals
It is widely acknowledged that in British Columbia the utilization of forest residue (wood fibre leftover after timber harvesting) is very low compared to most other jurisdictions. In the past, the cost of moving this cumbersome, oddly-sized material compared to the easy availability of further timber stands, has been the reason for so much of the previously-called “wood waste”. Madison’s has long written that this residual forest fibre in BC is not “waste”, nor an impediment, but rather is an…