COVID casualties in today’s news include employees at Georgia Pacific’s containerboard and Bright Wood’s component plants in Oregon; as well as the timing of SFI’s annual conference in Vancouver. In related news: the latest from AF&PA’s mill capacity report; Forbes prediction of a W-shaped housing recovery; and the risk of an outbreak at US Forest Service wildfire camps.

Other companies in the news include: Conifex (improved Q1 results); Corner Brook Pulp & Paper (new shipping partnership); and Mosaic Forest Management (call for change to raw log export policy). In Wood Product news: AWC’s distance learning for fire inspectors; a new book on mass timber and fire safety; and Michael Green on revolutionizing the construction industry. 

Finally, new entrants into the #TreeFrogICU and its been 40 years since the Mount St. Helen eruption!

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor