To the relief of logging contractors and community leaders, BC appoints special mediators—with additional powers—to help end the eight-month forestry strike. In other Business news: WTO sides against US on Canadian paper tariffs; US/Canada politicians celebrate NAFTA’s renewal; optimism on the pending reduction in softwood lumber tariffs; and more on Nova Scotia’s forestry transition and Northern Pulp loans.

In Forestry/Climate news: Oregon’s wildfire action faces opposition; New York air pollution traced back to BC’s 2018 wildfire crisis, Trump’s trillion-tree planting scheme and a new way to profit with Alaska’s old-growth forests.

Finally, a slideshow of forestry enthusiasts at the ABCFP annual meeting.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor