The US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries says logging was the most dangerous profession in 2018. In other news: the CP Rail blockade south of Montreal is dismantled; 2×4 housing gains traction in Japan; prefabrication was key to China’s rapid hospital build; and the Dubai WoodShow is postponed due to the coronavirus. 

In Forestry/Climate news: BC’s Forest Practices Board says TimberWest responded well to Great Bear Rainforest concerns; ENGOs want more of Cathedral Grove’s old-growth protected; Sweden pushes back on ENGO forestry critics; the Paris Agreement has Russia looking to its forest; and warming temperatures threaten growth of New Brunswick’s balsam firs.

Finally, one newspaper’s tongue-in-cheek take on Australia’s toilet paper tizzy.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor