Dealers report a lull in lumber sales, as construction prices rise and lumber futures climb to a record but also signal Autumn’s “fall back“. In other Business news: New Brunswick’s pulp and paper mills face a tax increase; US hardwood plywood imports from China plummet; Stora Enso expands CLT production; and mass timber makes headway in America and the UK.

In other news: wildfires dominate the US West with stories on the surge in firefighting jobs; increased risk of landslides; closures of forests to logging; and why environmental alarmism makes the fires worse. Meanwhile, Washington’s unprecedented fires; California’s death toll; and smoke and thus poor air quality will continue through the weekend.

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Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor