The Iran conflict is driving fuel and freight costs higher, squeezing global forest sector supply chains. In other Business news: a retired New Brunswick judge says only one of the two recent court rulings on the boundaries of Aboriginal title applies precedent; GreenFirst reports Q4, 2025 net loss of $32.8 million; and the US sets 3.67% preliminary duty on dissolving pulp from Brazil. Meanwhile: BC Forests Minister Ravi Parmar is speaking at COFI’s 2026 convention; and the latest newsletter from BC Wood.
In Forestry/Climate news: Drax’s feedstock-switch away from BC won’t reduce GHGs; cuts to BC’s Climate Action Secretariat are questioned; USDA supports a California biomass gasification project; Michigan’s 2025 ice storm fallout upends forestry; Oregon purchased a plane with AI-enabled wildfire detection technology; and US Forest Chief Tom Schultz touts cuts to red tape, while a Colorado Congressman wants answers on forest hiring.
Finally, a conversation on the future of forestry in BC with Dallas Smith and Shannon Janzen.
Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor