Happy Earth Day 2018! The Sustainable Forestry Initiative and Treehugger celebrated by promoting the benefits of well-managed forests. Elsewhere: Oregon highlighted the potential of forests to make them the first carbon-neutral state; the EU is making moves to boost the emissions absorbed by their forests; and the Dailer Caller says “we need to chop down more trees“. 

Companies in the news include:

• BC Premier calls a meeting to protect Catalyst Paper and the paper export industry
• Mackenzie Pulp Mill is fined $900,000 for leaking effluent into a BC lake
• The Nova Scotia pulp and paper industry continues to flourish
• Resolute Forest Products celebrated 250,000 hours without an injury

Finally, while BC is seeking input on their Caribou recovery program; two BC First Nations are already using calf maternity programs to reverse the decline.

–Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor