The  2023 International Mass timber Report speaks to all things mass timber: e.g. Emily Dawson on what it costs (see page 13) and Peter Moonen on its future (see page 17). In related news: Ontario invests in value added technologies; the 7 priorities of UK’s timber roadmap; 8 architectural trends for 2023; and Andrew Waugh celebrates that he’s no long the ‘wood weirdo‘. Meanwhile: the US Fed plans to cut interest rates in 2024; and Sarah Johnson succeeds Charles Trevor at the SFPA.

In Forestry/Climate news: Canadian ENGOs call for clarity on forest degradation, post COP28; New Brunswick’s energy strategy leans to nuclear; Indigenous communities are recovering forest leadership roles in BC; scientists sequence genome for threatened whitebark pine; and SFI released its 2023 progress report.

Finally, ever wonder how forests smell? Why don’t frogs see mosquitoes? Me neither.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor