The closing of a North Country pulp mill is yet another hit to the state's loggers.
But as NHPR correspondent Todd Wellington reports, the industry is remaining optimistic.
The New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association says new technologies and markets may be the next step for the region's beleaguered wood industry.
Spokesman Jason Stock says it's clear that dramatic shifts are underway in the timber industry. He adds that Tuesday's announcement by Fraser Papers that it will close its pulp plant in Berlin is just the latest sign.
"Certainly we're not pleased to see the mill close. But in no means is it the death of an industry or devastation for the industry, in that there are other mills out there, there are some other projects coming online, things of that nature."
Stock says emerging technologies, such as those that use low-grade wood to produce energy, have the potential to provide a new future for the industry and the region, but Stock says it's clear that more change is ahead for the wood industry, and that some of it will likely be painful.
For NHPR News, I'm Todd Wellington.
