Forestry policy under fire following announcement of PG Pulp Mill shutdown
PRINCE GEORGE – In the last 15 months, four pulp mills in BC have shuttered as a result of a lack of fibre, a figure even worse than projected by forestry economists.
Record-breaking forest fires, a mountain pine beetle epidemic, and an environmental push to restrict and safe parts of BC’s forests for caribou all factors in a consistent decline in available fibre for mills.
With the fibre that is left, critics argue there is still a lot that can be done.