The US is investing $115 million to expand timber production. In related news: the US Lumber Coalition says imports from Canada are being replaced by domestic production; Canadian industries struggle with US tariffs; Acadian Timber sharpens its US focus; the push for another biomass plant intensifies in Arkanasa; and International Paper plans to build a packaging plant in Mississippi. Meanwhile: a Nova Scotia company will make avaition fuel from forest biomass; and Western Forest Products is being sued by some of its Washington state employees.

In Forestry news: Ontario First Nations call for moratorium on aerial glyphosate; a Victoria, BC film screening raises concern for old-growth logging; University of BC researchers develop a tool to detect Asian Spongy moth; and a new study in Fire Ecology says US Forest Service roads don’t reduce wildfire risk—they multiply it. Meanwhile: climate related logging proposals threaten Finland’s exports; and wetter weather is helping Australia’s forests.

Finally, South Carolina issues Red Flag Fire Alert as wildfires break out East and West.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor