Tariffs on Canadian and Chinese wood products—as well as new tariffs announced on China yesterday—will make rebuilding in the Carolinas more expensive. In other Business news: the BC Forest Practices Board is hiring; Oregon State U names an interim forestry dean; US fencing sales will grow 5% per year; and Armstrong Flooring breaks ground on a new plant in West Virginia.

In Forestry [opinion] news: BC communities want a say in caribou recovery; herbicide spraying is an election issue in New Brunswick; Nova Scotia is serious about reducing clearcutting; a Quebec hydro line will ruin Maine’s forest; and the Montreal Economic Institute says our forests are not over-harvested.

Finally, in the UK a CLT Head Above Water brings awareness to mental health; Planet Ark’s Make it Wood campaign touts low-carbon design; and a fire tornado in BC pulls a fire hose into the air before melting it.

–Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor