A NAFTA panel directed the US Dept. of Commerce to review certain aspects of its softwood lumber determination. In related news: Rayonier Advanced Materials sells its softwood duty refund rights; Stimson Lumber’s Plummer mill will close this summer; Clearwater Paper completes its Augusta mill acquisition; and Boise Cascade reports Q1 net earnings of $104 million. Meanwhile: Canada’s pellet sector’s 2024 R&D program; and the International Code Council’s Dominic Sims is recognized.

In Forestry/Wildfire news: the 19th UN Forum on Forests is underway in New York; Canada offers incentive to improve forest management on private land; and wildfire updates from BC’s Sunshine Coast; Peace River District; Okanagan, and Kamloops area. Meanwhile: a new survey says fewer American’s see climate change as a very serious problem; and Falling Trees at the End of an Era—a book excerpt.

Finally, was the Stone Age Actually the Wood Age? This archaeologist thinks so.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor