Two decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada suggest an expansion of employer responsibilities re: safety, particularly those in the forest industry that use contractors for their logging and road building work. In other Business news: US lumber consumption is forecast to grow through 2030; US aluminum tariffs are equated to lumber’s experience; and US executives arrive in Washington DC to oppose newsprint tariffs.

In Forestry news: Ontario’s cap-and-trade system may be scrapped; UBC’s forestry dean says government’s social licence may be at risk with big trees; New Brunswick forests are in line for beetle attack; Oregon’s public forests are touted as carbon reserves; and Arizona’s forests are not bouncing back after wildfires.

Finally; Portugal goes low-tech to beat wildfires. Send in the goats!

–Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor