Interfor raised its Q4 lumber production curtailment to 26%, split evenly between its US and Canadian operations. In related news: Georgia Pacific is closing its Memphis Cellulose mill; Kimberly Clark is looking to expand in Warren, Michigan; Van Urban Timber is expanding in Squamish, BC; Mercer Celgar Pulp is fined for sulphur emissions; and Mississippi residents sue Drax over wood pellet emissions. Meanwhile: Carney rules out hitting the US with retaliatory tariffs; a Canadian MP asks why lumber jobs are going south; Saskatchewan producers want to diversify; and a Kentucky hardwood mill owner says his future is in doubt.  

In Forestry/Climate news: Canada launches a Clean Energy task force; the BC Conservative leader says the NDP is responsible for forestry’s decline; the US government shutdown is stopping vital wood research; SFPA joins the simplification call for EU Deforestation Regulation; and Survival in a Mill Town—a new book by Oregon’s Von Braschler.

Finally, a Tree Frog special feature on Trump’s second term and political risk in the Canadian forest sector.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor