Happy Valentine’s Day!

It’s a long weekend for the Frogs and most of our North American readership. We will be back tomorrow with latest headlines!

West Fraser Timber and its wholly-owned subsidiary—Norbord, released strong Q4 and full-year results (along with positive outlook for 2021). In related news: Domtar reports losses due to lower paper demand; US housing trends prop-up US rail traffic; Collins Wood Products has a new CEO; and mass timber makes news in The Economist.

In Forestry/Climate news: Alberta expands the world’s largest boreal forest preserve; forest carbon offsets gain popularity in the Maritimes; Alaska landslides may have a carbon-storage upside; Australia’s logging said to increase flammability as the country’s forest wars heat up; Russia’s log export ban will be far-reaching; and Africa’s Great Green Wall aims to reforest the continent.

Finally, tree-free TP, no-vacancy pheromone treatments; and overnight, wood-infused whiskey?

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor