BC’s stumpage deferral announcement is appreciated by the BC forest industry, draws concern from the  US Lumber Coalition. In other COVID-19 news: BC home sales are forecast to fall 30%; a second punch for struggling BC resource regions; and according to forestry professor Rajat Panwar – it’s time to rethink our global supply chains. Meanwhile, Jim Snetsinger succeeds Wayne Clogg as Forest Enhancement Society of BC Chair; and updates on Canfor’s operations and the San Group fire.

In other news: an ICU made of wood blocks laminated with metal; champions and skeptics of cross laminated timber; a wood waste breakthrough in BC; wood energy investments in Maine; and a carbon calculator to measure emission reductions. 

Finally, a well known addition to the #TreeFrogICU. Say hi to Dr. John Worrall.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor