President Trump revives talk of scrapping the North American trade pact—but time may not be on his side. In related news: Canada’s ambassador to the US, Kirsten Hillman is leaving her post; and a new report says tariffs are hurting every US border state. In other Business news: a strike has been called at Krugers’s LaSalle plant; more questions on the future of Terrace Bay’s pulp mill; and the fight to save Viking Lumber in Alaska. Meanwhile, the US interest rate reduction will help; Home Depot forecasts slower growth; and RYAM’s CEO De Lyle Bloomquist is retiring.

In Forestry/Climate news: the US Congress renews funding for rural counties and schools; concerns mount over changes to the US Endangered Species Act; the US Forest Service reduced wildfire risk treatments in 2025; Mosaic Forest Management is revamping its backcountry access strategy; and Weyerhaeuser signs a biocarbon MOU.

Finally, how the Next Big Thing in Carbon Removal sunk without a trace.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor