Battle lines emerge ahead of US-Mexico-Canada trade review, as the EU approves Trump tariff deal. In other news: BC’s carbon market is said to be hitting a dead-end; Pennsylvania awards funding to six bioenergy projects; and a new report says wood energy is at a crossroads in Europe. Meanwhile: the BC Institute of Technology is recognized by Association of Consulting Engineering Companies of BC; and New Brunswick’s Robert K. Irving, co-CEO of J.D. Irving, has died at 71.

In Forestry news: the US Forest Service is withholding monies for wildfire and climate initiatives; Oregon receives money to conserve 12,000 acres of forest land; and four Pennsylvania research centres are on the chopping block. In Safety news: the Paper and Packaging Safety Association announced its award winners; and more on the tragic explosion and fire at Robbin’s Lumber in Searsmont, Maine.

Finally, a BC First Nation looks beyond the trees, and a University of BC study says Indigenous stewardship benefits conservation.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor