New Brunswick’s Auditor General says the irritant that provoked US tariffs on softwood lumber has been fixed. In other Business news: the new bottom for lumber prices expected by US Thanksgiving; Stora Enso’s Q3 revenue falls; fire closes Lumby, BC sawmill for at least six-weeks; and more BC pre-election forestry coverage in the Tyee, National Observer; and Rossland Telegraph.

In other news: FPInnovations on how newsprint operations are diversifying their products; forestry’s climate impact called ‘invisible’ under UN rules; the future of Arizona’s biomass industry; and a Colorado study on the effects of wildfires on forest temperatures.

Finally, SFI’s E-Summit starts tomorrow with an impressive cast of characters!

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor