It seems like Quesnel has been a forest industry powerhouse forever. Back in the day, forest harvesting and fibre processing was booming and there were a lot of people pulling in good paycheques. … Those were the good old days when generations of families worked in the forest industry doing a variety of jobs. …Then “forestry” changed, and there were rules and regulations and tenure.  …But a new generation of knowledge came along and that practice went by the wayside. …Now, we have to look at ground fuel mitigation to supply timber to the mills and protect our wild land/urban interface, which, in turn, will protect our communities from the next wildfire season, as Mayor Bob Simpson suggested recently. …So, the forest industry is still in play, but we have to adopt new practices.