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Current situation of the forest industry in the Pontiac; Review of the Forest Action Forum

Current situation of the forest industry in the Pontiac; Review of the Forest Action Forum

16 January 2018 à 12:00 am

Updated on 8 August 2023 à 11:00 am

Last night, MRC Pontiac Warden Jane Toller held a meeting about the current state of the Pontiac forestry industry. In front of a crowded room at the Club de l’Age d’or of Fort-Coulonge, employees of the MRC, the Warden and forestry industrialists presented updates on the state of the forestry industry in the Pontiac . Warden Jane Toller said she wants to build on the future potential of industry in the MRC:

Industrialists such as Bruno St-Cyr, co-owner of the Davidson sawmill, said he was increasingly close to setting up a co-generation project with Hydro Quebec to revive this industrial site:

MRC Pontiac territorial Director Réjean Dugas presented a map to the public with the various forestry activities currently taking place within the Pontiac were industries processing their lumber elsewhere:

The Director of the Biomass Center (CVB) Pierre Vézina presented the latest updates on the Biomass project along with the project timeline.

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The full summary of this forum will be available at chipfm.com.

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