PRECIOUS timber burned in last summer's bushfires will be saved from going to waste, thanks to help from the State Government.

The 2019-20 bushfires saw significant damage to softwood plantations and native forests in eastern Victoria, with more than 1.2 million hectares of public native forest estate burnt, as well as 6400 hectares of pine plantations in the North East.

To support the industry to recover as much burnt timber as possible before lo