Canada’s railway’s strike is official as businesses brace for gridlock and COFI highlights forestry impacts. In other Business news: the Fort Nelson First Nation says yesterday’s Tyee article is full of errors and inaccuracies; mass timber construction makes headway in Michigan and Washington; Canada’s wood product prices fell 3.4% in July; and sluggish home sales are expected to continue in the US.

In Forestry/Wildfire news: Canada and Nova Scotia will restore wildfire affected areas; the Nature Conservancy acquires a New Brunswick seaside forest; Alberta wildfires are impacting woodland caribou; wildfire concerns are easing in BC; a US report on funding challenges in urban forested areas; a new conservation area is created in southeast Virginia; and should humans “play God” to determine the fate of spotted owls.

Finally, this wild-man is a Vermonter punk musician, forester and author.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor