The US appealed WTO’s lumber ruling that favoured Canada—effectively blocking it from proceeding—says it’s open to discussions. In related news: NAHB’s chair says make a new softwood agreement a priority so housing can do its part. Meanwhile: BC’s wood design award winners celebrated; and Seattles tree-free toilet paper startup gets celebrity endorsements.

In Forestry News: Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources celebrates National Forest Week; BC’s plan for old-growth preservation gets kudos and flak; two perspectives on what Trump got right on forest fires; research efforts on saving BC’s whitebark pine and Minnesota’s oaks; and biomass energy is sought in Payson, Arizona but targeted in South Korea.

Finally, BC’s 2020 tree planting seasons finishes up covid-free!

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor