Bob Simpson

Quesnel Mayor Bob Simpson told the Nov. 21 council meeting there was a substantial discussion about timber losses at the Nov. 17 Cariboo Regional District meeting. …In the Quesnel Timber Supply area, the mayor said it does not look like there’s a lot of salvage opportunity. “The fire ran hot, plus it was an already infested area, so there was a lot of mountain pine beetle dead timber. “It’s not like Williams Lake and 100 Mile House where there were some close fire areas that were attacked pretty fiercely [that now has] a mix of green and burnt wood. …“What is important to us, and it’s part of what we have to do as a council, is the fuel mitigation work to be done particularly in the forest between the Plateau Fire and the Fraser River.