The province is investing $50-million dollars to increase fibre supply aimed at keeping people working and local mills running, while also mitigating wildfire risks and reducing climate emissions.

The investment in the Forest Enhancement Society of BC will fund
projects to get more fire-damaged wood and logging waste to the mills
that need it - and more work for the workers who haul it.

The money will flow into projects and programs that increase the use
of low-value or residual fibre, including trees damaged by recent
wildfires and waste left over from logging that would otherwise be
burned in slash piles.

As part of the CleanBC Roadmap to 2030, the Province will work toward
the near elimination of slash pile burning by 2030 and will
increasingly divert materials away from slash piles, reducing both air
pollution and greenhouse gas emissions while creating new economic
opportunities.