We are Updating Our Website and Look Forward to Serving All Yukoners With Additional Features, Education and Resources
We are Updating Our Website and Look Forward to Serving All Yukoners With Additional Features, Education and Resources
With the warmer temperatures and the (potential) feeling of spring on the horizon, quite often next year's firewood supply is the last thing on your mind. But put some consideration into your needs for next year and get your orders in now. Doing so helps to maintain the supply chain during the spring and summer months, and takes the burden off the overloading the system in the fall. Some new additions have been made to the "Firewood Suppliers" section of our website. Get your firewood order in early and don't wait until the last minute!
"Melina Laboucan-Massimo, one of Canada's leading climate change advocates and the host of Power to the People, visited the [Teslin Tlingit First] nation to learn more about how biomass energy projects are generating power across Western and Northern Canada."
See full article and Power to the People: Episode 10 - Teslin, Yukon: https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/climate/solutions/power-to-the-people-teslin-yukon-biomass-renewable-energy
Incentive Program for Wood Cutters
In response to high fuel and operating costs, the Yukon Government has announced a Timber Harvest Incentive Program to help offset operating costs incurred by wood cutters and encourage supply distribution to market.
Information for Timber Harvest Businesses
Firewood Rebate
Yukon Government has announced a new firewood rebate to provide financial relief for Yukoners buying firewood to heat their homes.
Information for Firewood Suppliers
Yukon Seniors (65+)
The Yukon Wood Products Association (YWPA) is a non-profit society formed in 2007 to represent forest industry businesses that manage, harvest, manufacture or sell wood products. Our membership includes primary and secondary manufacturing companies and forest management consultants.
We are unique because we are a local grassroots association with strong commitments to the communities we live and work in. Our membership is committed to an economically viable forest industry that promotes healthy forests and sound forest management regimes that are socially and economically acceptable to our industry, communities and the Yukon.