More and better forest management is touted as the means to ensure the future of forest dependent communities and smoke free skies. In related news: Bruce Blackwell on the import of fuel management; and National Geographic on the pine beetle’s impact. In other Forestry news: carbon capture in Alberta: carbon losses in the Amazon; nitrogen pollution in Europe; tree modelling in New Zealand; and wildfire updates from California, Oregon and Ukraine.

In Business news: the Canadian economy approaches pre-Covid levels; lumber prices moderate; and single-family housing gains. Meanwhile: the Softwood Lumber Board is creating incremental demand for lumber; potential paper bag bans; and the most common home siding per the NAHB. Companies in the news include: EACOM & Domtar (rail service); and Teal Jones (US operations).

Finally, why is Eastern red cedar know as the ‘graveyard tree‘?

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor