Bob Brash argues that BC forestry’s challenges go well beyond US tariffs, while forest protection and management flexibility dominate the US Roadless Rule debate. In related news: Ontario First Nations are training wildfire firefighters; US lawmakers proposed expanded death benefits for fallen firefighters; and Australian researchers link bushfire risks to the loss of Indigenous burning.

In Business news: the US Lumber Coalition welcomed a NAFTA panel ruling upholding softwood duties; the Structurlam–Walmart legal dispute was settled; former Dryden pulp mill workers are offered health follow-up assessments; and the Supreme Court will hear CN’s appeal involving Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries. Meanwhile: John Puri says the US trade deficit has nothing to do with tariffs; Jock Finlayson says B.C.’s spending problem is now a fiscal crisis; BC Wood offers HR compliance essentials for small businesses; and New Zealand is funding five wood energy projects.

Finally, a Ukrainian cardboard and paper mill suspends production after missile strike.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor