NORTH CAROLINA — When Pactiv Evergreen ceases paper production, it will strike a crippling blow to the timber industry in a four-state region surrounding the Canton mill. …“Pactiv Evergreen uses over 2 million tons of wood fiber annually to produce its product. All the wood fiber comes within a 200-mile radius of Canton. Parton Lumber is only about 12% of the total chip volume needed to operate the Canton mill,” Parton Lumber indicated. …The company urged government leaders to do everything possible to keep a wood chip manufacturing business at the Canton mill. …Without a market for the pulp wood, it will likely remain standing, Brogan said, and impact the forest management plans that might recommend thinning trees or removing all the trees in certain patches where replanting is needed.