Georgia-Pacific is modernizing its Palatka, Florida tissue mill, while France’s Fibre Excellence faces liquidation. In related news: Weyerhaeuser reported Q3 earnings of $61M; Metsä reported a €5.6M loss; more on West Fraser’s Leola mill closure in Arkansas; US housing’s share of GDP declined; and Japan’s housing starts fell.

In Wood Product news: Nova Scotia ordered Halifax to ease housing restrictions on mass timber; the Strong American Wood Act proposes incentives for wood use; a San Diego housing project will use mass timber; and critics question the Port of Portland’s mass timber partnership.

In Forestry news: 43 US forestry associations urge action on fuel costs; Unifor calls for action on BC’s forestry crisis; conservationists purchase forest land on BC’s Discovery Islands; a proposed Jordan River log-boom breakwater gets pushback; and Weyerhaeuser sells 81,000 acres of Arkansas timberland. Meanwhile: the Yukon pellet producers tout the benefits of biomass power; and two stories on the danger of unmanaged dust.

Finally, just in time for Halloween, the spooky truth about the hidden life of the forest floor.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor