Forestry related options are well positioned to mitigate climate change with tree planting, the use of wood products, and carbon markets. In other Business news: US housing starts inch up but single-family building continues to slow; Japan surpasses China as Canada’s second largest lumber export market; and the US Trade Court again knocks down duties on Chinese plywood.

In Forestry news: an Indigenous Protected Area is declared by Northwest BC First Nation; Teal Jones pauses operations to honour National Day for Truth and Reconciliation; Ottawa’s offer to resolve BC’s old-growth conflict is called insufficient; while the Steelworkers condemn protest tactics at Fairy Creek; and Bill Dumont speaks to the facts and the fairy tales.

Finally, after a devastating wildfire season, calls for change in BC, Oregon and Europe. 

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor