CN and CP have been quietly sharing their rail lines to ensure essential supplies reach communities in need. In other Business news: China halts tarriffs on US and Canadian hardwood lumber for one year. On the Wood Products front: timber towers continue to break records, push skyward in Toronto, Boston, Vancouver, Europe and Australia.

In Forestry news: the sad story of BC’s grey ghosts (caribou); Montana’s elk habitat is at risk in the Bitterroot National Forests; and after the beetles, Colorado’s forests start to recover. Finally, Australia’s fires may be out but concerns persist, and wildfires destroyed 20% of their forests.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor