With new announcements from the government recently on old-growth logging, the potential effects to the industry in Smithers and other surrounding communities have the potential to be significant.
Smithers has long been a forest industry town, with many spin-off jobs related to the field, also potentially affected.
READ MORE: B.C. pauses logging on up to 2.6M hectares of old-growth forest
Do you appreciate the role forestry plays in our local economy?
deb.meissner@interior-news.com
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