Citing soft demand, LP Building Solutions will indefinitely curtail OSB production at its Jasper, Texas mill. In related news: Australia clears Kimberley-Clarke’s acquisition; Canadian housing shows signs of recovery, and US construction spending fell in July. In US-Canada Trade War news: Nanaimo forest companies brace for new tariffs; former US Trade Rep. Robert Zoellick says Trump’s threats are self-defeating; Bloomberg’s editorial board says the war serves “no intelligible purpose”; Arizona senator Ruben Gallego calls for a return to CUSMA; and Canada’s counter tariffs pressure Trump-supporting states. 

In Forestry news: BC’s wildlife need an endangered species law; debate continues over BC’s wolf culls and caribou habitat; forestry contractors urge BC to expand thinning; a US Forest Service document warns of Roadless Rule impacts; a lawsuit challenges logging in Alaska’s Tongass, and a former supervisor criticizes the USFS reorganization. Meanwhile: International Pulp Week announces its 2027 conference; PLIB launches an online grader training course; the CWC is looking for a sustainable wood specialist; and why Canada’s private working forests are an essential long-term partner in securing Canada’s future fibre supply.

Finally, Canada’s iconic water bombers are in high demand, but production can’t keep up.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor