Mackenzie, B.C. – In the Mackenzie Natural Resource District, businesses like East Fraser FiberCo. Ltd. (EFF), continue to maximize the recovery and utilization of uneconomical fibre. In collaboration with First Nations and with funding support from the Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC), incremental fibre – low value pulp logs that would be left after harvesting – were transported from areas outside the economic radius to EFF’s chipping facility in Mackenzie, B.C. This work has brought significant environmental and economic benefits to the community, reducing wildfire risk, lowering greenhouse gas emissions by avoiding the piling and burning of wood, and strengthening local and regional communities and their economies. …Over the last decade, EFF has worked with local First Nations to increase fibre utilization, primarily harvesting beetle-damaged stands. In 2020, EFF entered into a wood purchase agreement with Sasuchan Development Corporation and purchased a portion of the volume from their Non-Replaceable Forest Licence within the Mackenzie Forest District.