Weyerhaeuser looks to biocarbon plants to utilize its waste fibre—following pulp-mill closures. In related news: Maine’s Woodland Pulp is set to reopen; Domtar’s Crofton mill closure highlights the downside of one-industry towns; Harmac Pacific rejects Nanaimo bylaw that would threaten future business activities; workers at Western’s Chemainus mill are getting nervous; and the USDA invests in Tenneessee’s hardwood future. Meanwhile, on the US-Canada trade front: the latest on the US and Canada positions, and the US Supreme Court’s pending decision.

In Forestry/Climate news: WPAC’s Gordon Murray opines on BC’s fibre access challenges; the RCMP make more arrests at BC forestry blockade; a BC First Nation is suing the province over lost carbon credits; a federal judge halts logging near Yellowstone National Park; wildfire reduction projects are coming to Colorado forests; and the latest on New Zealand’s emission trading scheme.

Finally, the future of decorative concrete looks a lot like wood decking.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor