According to EDC Canada, the value of Canadian forestry exports will grow 16 per cent this year despite uncertainty about trade protectionism and NAFTA. Meanwhile, Unifor released a video on the potential impact of Trump’s tariffs on Canada paper mills. 

In other news: Domtar plans to reduce emissions in Kamloops; Ontario provides an extension for forest management related to species at risk; Desmog Canada promotes their video on logging’s impact on Caribou; and fire funding changes passed by Congress are lauded in Oregon and Washington.

Finally, a Wisconsin fire chief lumps CLT in with “lightweight laminates“; and cob structures use six times less energy than regular wood-frame construction.

–Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor