Softwood lumber prices increase toward 2018 levels and lumber futures reach new highs. In other Business news: deck demand creates run on treated wood; Truck Loggers Association cancels 2021 convention and trade show; SmartLam debuts new facility in Columbia Falls; Fastmarkets names US boxmaker Anthony Pratt CEO of the year; and Marianne Berube—of Wood WORKS! fame—elected chair of Nipissing University Board.

In Forestry/Climate news: the challenges inherent in UN’s REDD+ plan to save forests; BC’s wolf kill program found to have no detectable effect, US loggers seek COVID-19 bridge relief; and Canada urged to protect rare moss clinging to life on Moresby Island.

Finally, want to celebrate National Forest Week in America? Here’s how.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor