Lumber rebound drives record Q3 earnings for Interfor and Western Forest Products, pulp & paper begets net loss for Domtar. In related news: wood markets are moving (slowly) to a new trading level; Norbord is permanently closing its 100 Mile House OSB mill; hope remains for Ontario’s Huron Central Railway; and Quesnel wants C&C Wood Products’ forest licence transfer approved.

In Forestry news: a First Nations blockaid of Western Forest Products’ access garners support; it was a record year for Oregon wildfires; and 200 California firefighters tested positive for Covid. Names in the news include Joesph Perry (MA Forester of the Year); Joanie Mahoney (President, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry); James Bibler (Arkansas forest magnate and philanthropist); and Peter John Murphy (renowned but departed Alberta naturalist).

Finally, the business case for mass timber buildings by the developers that build them.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor