Citing affordable housing and support for the forest industry, Alberta one-ups BC by allowing 12-storey wood buildings province-wide. In other news: BC’s forestry strike heads into its seventh month; Nova Scotia offers loans to contractors impacted by the closure of Northern Pulp; and notwithstanding the rise in US housing starts—the home ownership rate has tumbled.

In Wildfire news: the Coulson family heads to Australia to investigate its air tanker crash, as the three American firefighters who died are identified. In related news: the Australian forest industry seeks access to burnt timber in parks; NRCan’s Werner Kurz calls the wildfires a climate warning; and the US Forest Service is building a new air tanker base in Colorado Springs.

Finally, good news on the tree planting; tree measurement and tree survival front.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor