Regional District of Bulkely Nechako chair and director of area B, Bill Miller, is concerned that the province is allowing logging contractors to burn merchantable timber.

At a meeting in Houston early this month Miller complained to member of legislative assembly John Rustad and minister of forests and natural resources Steve Thomson that too much fibre was being burned through out the region.

Miller, as reported by the Houston Times, said that close to a million cubic meters of fibre was burned in the 亚洲天堂 Lake and Houston areas a couple of years ago.

To put that in perspective, one million cubic metres is half the entire annual allowable cut of sawlogs in the Lakes Timber Supply Area.

鈥淚 think it borders on criminal that you [the province] haven鈥檛 addressed that,鈥� Miller said.

Member of legislative assembly for Nechako-Lakes, John Rustad is aware of the problems that contractors face in the forest when it comes to dealing with this fibre.

鈥淥ur current logging practises are focussed on capturing sawlogs,鈥� he said.  鈥淭hat makes it challenging for people trying to capture the biofibre.鈥�

The province is responding to the challenges faced by loggers when it comes to harvesting fibre for pellet plants.

鈥淲e鈥檝e created something called a receiving license, and we鈥檙e making changes to that to make it more functional,鈥� Rustad said.  鈥淲e鈥檙e also going to create something called a supplemental license鈥� to try and allow easier access to what鈥檚 left behind after harvesting.鈥�

These legislative changes will be introduced in February or March of 2013.