Speaking at the White House yesterday, President Trump complained about Canadian trade practices while “threatening some as-yet-undefined international tax“. Elsewhere on trade: Policy Options has a piece on the “lessons learned from the 2017 softwood lumber dispute“; and the Book Manufacturers’ Institute joined the growing coalition against US tariffs on Canadian newsprint.

In Forestry news: World Wildlife Fund Columbia considers lessons from the Great Bear Rainforest; US Secretary Zinke orders more aggressive practices to prevent catastrophic wildfires; Congress failed to include wildfire legislation in the budget due to last minute roadblocks; and Missoula forester Mark Finney says the problem with wildfires is that “nobody owns them“. 

Finally, a few repeats from yesterday—given it was a holiday for some—include: marbled murrelet listed as an endangered species in Oregon; and Tom Maness, Oregon State’s Dean, calls the new Forest Science Complex “transformational” despite its challenges”.

— Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor