As many of you have noticed—and informed us (thank you!), we’ve been experiencing some website technical issues this week resulting in a blank page displaying where our current news stories should be. We know this is frustrating for you – and it’s very frustrating for us. Our tech-team is working hard to find the solution, but to make sure you can still get your daily-fix, we have included all of today’s stories in this email (see below).

Today’s top story is the NAHB reporting that the average new home price is $14,000 higher due to lumber prices, forcing 2-million households out of the market. In related news: lumber prices push lumber stocks higher; lumber mills are up to 8-weeks behind on shipping; and is the staycation syndrome causing the lumber shortage?

In other news: Ontario’s new forest strategy gets positive reviews by industry; new research focuses on the effects of glyphosate spraying; BC’s spruce beetle outbreak hits forests hard; the carbon storage lost to invasive pests in the US is massive; and a California wildfire destroys the state’s oldest state park.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor