Early indications suggest approximately half of the fire damaged plantation is of an age to be salvaged, much of which includes high quality sawlog to be processed at the Hyne Timber sawmill in Tumbarumba.
Site Manager, Kristina Kaminski said the team at the Mill are ready to do their bit and salvage as much of this timber as possible over coming months,
“We have been here before and the team knows what to do. We are part of a whole of industry, as well as community, coordinated effort and we will certainly be doing our bit here in Tumba.
“Once we get the burnt bark off the logs, we can process this into quality, sawn timber for housing construction.
“We very much value the ongoing support of our customers who proudly back Aussie timber first and are very much part of our economic value-add to the Australian economy.” Ms Kaminski said.
It is expected the salvage operation could take several months with the local community seeing trucks carrying burnt logs throughout this time.
The Hyne Group thanks the community for their support and understanding throughout this time.
