Forestry’s bull-market ride could soon be over in BC due to high costs and a scarcity of logs. Local politicians and national Conservative leader Andrew Scheer suggest Liberal policies are also to blame. Elsewhere: a mass timber tower rises in Portland; the demise of Strongbuild is a set back for Australian tall wood; and mid-rise wood restrictions are on again in Sandy Springs, Georgia.

California’s wildfires and commentary on their cause and effect include:

• How climate change is fueling California’s wildfires (The Weather Network)
• A Southern Oregon plan to reduce the intensity of wildfires (Associated Press)
• Timber Stand Improvement is not cheap but it needs to be done (The Wood Doctor’s Rx)
• Northwest forests weather climate change better than some (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
• Fighting climate change could make some forests more profitable (New Hampshire)

Finally, the Log Driver’s Waltz finds new life in a children’s book, and Montreal’s ugly Christmas tree is replace by a… ticklish one.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor