From Ulrich Trachsel’s driveway, just west of Whitehorse, you can see the deep orange slash of the Takhini burn — a visible scar from a past wildfire. Stands of trees that even from a distance look like toothpicks fringe the spine of a hill. Trachsel uses trees like these to make furniture. “I just see all this wood around and I want to use it,” he said. “I just started to really appreciate dead standing wood and how convenient it is — and also how pretty it is.” Most lumber sold in the Yukon is trucked up from places like Alberta and British Columbia… Right now, the majority of wood commercially harvested in the Yukon is sold as firewood… Peter Wright, executive director of the Yukon Wood Products Association, said he wants to see more local timber used not just as a heat source.