The BC NDP is defending proposed changes to forest tenure compensation amid revelations of its plan to transfer Crown lands to First Nations. In related news: David Elstone gives the NDP a “D” on its 2024 forestry promises; reduced US softwood lumber duties offer little relief for BC producers; and the US released its final antidumping determinations. Meanwhile: Canada invests in Ontario wood-fibre insulation facility; International Paper wants to sell its packaging business; US building material inflation surges, Portland leads on building material reuse; and AFPA announces Jason Krips’ departure.

In Health & Safety news: a Safety Board report on the 2022 BC logging camp floatplane accident; BC Howe Sound pulp workers are fighting for compensation; former Dryden mill workers are undergoing health assessments in Ontario; Washington cites Port Townsend Paper for wastewater violations; and a Maine water utility sued Huhtamaki and Sappi over PFAS contamination. In Forestry news:  Canada recaps its 2026 wildfire season; Tolko transfers timber rights to Westbank First Nation; an FPI update on autonomous logging truck trials; and Scotland is urged to expand conifer planting. 

Finally, Minnesota highlights its managed forests during National Forest Products Week.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor