Canada is investing in 67 projects to boost the resilience of BC’s forest sector. In related news: NRCan’s funding recipients include several Cariboo businesses and the Fort Nelson First Nation; BC Forest Minister celebrates the opening of Gorman’s Canoe mill kiln; and a fire damages Hancock Lumber’s Casco mill. Meanwhile: the US Lumber Coalition takes aim at Canada and the NAHB; CNN says tariffs will increase US housing costs; Reuters opines on Canadian mill’s southward shift; the US Fed plans to stay in neutral; and US sawmill production lags capacity.
In other news: Canada pursues a new CSA standard for wood pellet heat; Amazon launches a carbon credit service; Trump wants to ramp up logging on national forests—but he’ll need the states’ help to make it happen; layoffs put Washington’s wildfire preparedness in question; and an investigation sheds light on Oregon’s deadly wildfires.
Finally, on International Day of Forests—the US Endowment’s Alicia Cramer asks if we missing the forests for the trees?
Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor