New Brunswick ruling highlights worries about reconciliation in B.C.

The Tree Frog Forestry News
December 15, 2025
Category: Today's Takeaway

New Brunswick Court of Appeal ruling on private forest land highlights worries about aboriginal reconciliation in BC. In other Business news: North Cowichan’s Mayor and (separately), the BC Coastal Forest Policy Coalition share concerns over the Crofton pulp mill closure; Northern Pulp pensions are made whole by woodlands sale; and Terrace Bay pulp mill’s owner is urged to turn on the heat. Meanwhile: Canada is open to restart US trade talks, but the next engagement is likely the CUSMA review; and Canada needs to plan for the worst, as Trump may end-run the US Supreme Court.

In Forestry news: Trump’s timber production goals are falling short; wildlife proponents say the US Forest Service should be scrapped; a seed company helps the US reforest for changing climate; Maine loggers are feeling the tariff pinch; and Priya Rajarapu is America’s Christmas Tree Grower’s Doctor. Meanwhile: UBC scientist Sally Aitken on trees, genomics and climate; and a different kind of forestry takes root in BC’s Nootka Sound.

Finally, US Endowment highlights the first dam project to use a nanocellulose enhanced concrete.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor

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