The BC Ministry of Forests is being broken up into Forests and Rural Development, and Crown Lands and Natural Resource Operations. In Business news: the US releases their administrative review findings on Canadian lumber duties; China’s ban on Australian logs is taking a toll; and First Nations call on BC to honour UNDRIP. Companies in the news include: Pinnacle (Houston fire); and Canoe Forest Products (surviving covid).

In other news: ENGO puts early pressure on BC’s new forest minister; action on Nova Scotia’s Lahey report falls to the province’s next premier; and California needs to invest more to improve forest resilience. Meanwhile: mass timber design returns to Toronto’s Bayside; and covid-19 sparks jump in the demand for fences and Christmas trees.

Finally, bamboo: eco-friendly fabric or environmental disaster?

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor