Grey-stage Fibre Trial – Princeton Sawmill[New]
A trial at a Princeton sawmill that further documents lumber and value recovery losses experienced when processing lodgepole pine logs, attacked by mountain pine beetle at least five years ago. [Results Summary 187KB | Full Report 1,632KB]
Marginal Log Sensitivity Analysis for Mountain Pine Beetle Killed Lodgepole Pine Logs[New]
This project undertakes to identify a relationship between check damage and recovery in MPB-attacked lodgepole pine logs, to allow for partitioning into broad check classes. It also develops a practical spreadsheet tool for BC interior sawmills to use to determine expected profitability when processing MPB-attacked logs based on severity of check classes. FPInnovations – Forintek Division [Results Summary 628KB | Full Report 1,323KB]
