Conifex Timber announced it will temporarily curtail operations at its Mackenzie, BC sawmill. In related news: the United Steelworkers and Unifor welcomed Prime Minister Carney’s forest sector aid; New Brunswick and British Columbia leaders express worry over looming closures; and Nova Scotia’s Northern Pulp bid is defended as supporting forestry. Meanwhile: mass timber makes news in Castlegar and Penticton, BC; Japan’s housing starts turn positive, and Russia’s forestry is contracting.

In Forestry/Climate news: researchers says Africa’s forests have turned from a carbon sink to a carbon source; more arrests are made at BC’s Walbran valley protest; Arizona loggers want to keep thinning projects funded; Jason Fisher’s latest update on the Forest Enhancement Society of BC; the Wood Pellet Association of Canada’s Arctic Bioenergy Summit; and Tom Radovich is appointed Minnesota Forest Industries’ new CEO. 

Finally, how drones are making steep-slope layout and post-fire assessments safer in BC.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor