The US Senate passed a bipartisan housing supply bill to improve affordability, but builders warn of negative consequences. In other Business news: the Iran war strands some timber shipments; Fibre Excellence suspends French pulp mill; what to do with Crofton’s water; and a BC First Nation sounds alarm on pollution.

In Wood Product news: the Canadian Wood Council has a new mass timber calculator; a New York symposium features StructureCraft’s Lucas Epp; Australia’s timber-push by Wood Solutions’ Christine Briggs, the world’s tallest hybrid timber tower nears completion; and new research on wood treatments and bacterial survival.

In Forestry news: BC ENGOs bemoan progress on old growth protection; a US judge dismisses push for more logging in Alaska; Oregon scientists thwart whitebark pine blister rust disease; and Washington state restores its wildfire funding. Meanwhile: Woodlots BC’s latest newsletter; and a feature on Weyerhaeuser’s historic sawmill office.

Finally, BC research trio track Sasquatch across Vancouver Island.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor