The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality is going to be partnering with FP Innovations to study the feasibility of harvesting aspen trees in the area as a more lucrative resource.
The municipality announced in a press release that the study is being financed both by them and by the Northern Development Initiative Trust. Aspen trees are one of the prefereed trees for the manufactured of oriented strand board, however there has been little demand for the trees since the Canfor PolarBoard OSB Mill was permanently closed in June 2008. read more >>