Up to 50% of the HVP Plantations estate damaged by fire should be salvageable and converted into timber and paper products, with the Upper Murray region bracing up to seven times more truck activity over the next 10 months as crews race to recover a 10-year’s worth of fire-damaged timber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is according to Carlie Porteous, manager of the Murray Region Forestry Hub Softwoods Working Group, who revealed the recovered trees will have their burnt bark removed before being transported to mills in Wangaratta, Benalla and Tumbarumba, where they will be turned into furniture and structural timber, or to Visy’s Tumit mill, where they will be used for paper and packaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSalvaged trees will be used for medium\u2011density fibreboard, structural timber and paperboard used for cardboard packaging,\u201d Porteous said. \u201cThese are the normal markets for these trees from this region, and the processors are well established to complete a salvage plan in the short period of time required.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n