Sawmill operator Clement Arpin can see the future of forestry in New Brunswick and he doesn't like it one bit. Arpin is deeply concerned that New Brunswick's forest policy-particularly with respect to the province's hardwood resource-is misdirected and short sighted. "In New Brunswick, we are resource rich and knowledge poor," says Arpin. "We have a unique and valuable hardwood resource and we are exploiting it very carelessly. Essentially, we are cutting our hardwoods at an immature stage, making chips and using them to manufacture low-value commodity products."
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