Ontario announced $30M for forest road transportation and woodchip market support. In related news: Canada–US trade talks may drag into 2027; work continues to keep Ontario’s Kap Paper open; Roseburg closed its Dillard plywood plant; Musser Biomass is partnering with Trex; CHAR Tech’s wood waste-to-energy facility progresses; and Kalesnikoff wins a construction association award. Meanwhile: pulp mill waste can remove toxic dyes, and researchers develop nanocellulose foams for packaging.

In Forestry/Wildfire news: the USDA is set to close many Forest Service offices in Alaska and Oregon; a report connecting BC’s forest past to its Indigenous future; two perspectives on BC Timber Sales reforms; Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere celebrates 25-years; rain brings relief at the Munro Lake fire near Peachland; a Minnesota firefighter is killed by a falling tree; and wildfires spur Spain to rethink forest management.

Finally, FPAC honoured Rising Star Karah Morehouse, Indigenous youth Amy Oester and Grace Currie, and Women in Forestry leaders Laura Trout and Marie-Noëlle Watts.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor