Three New Brunswick timber companies are appealing to have their land excluded from Wolastoqey title claim. In other Business news: Weyerhaeuser breaks ground on its Arkansas TimberStrand plant; Sierra Pacific invests to upgrade its Eugene, Washington sawmill; and DS Smith employs biomass waste to power its Normandy, France paper mill.
In Economic & Finance news, perspectives abound courtesy of:
- Business in Vancouver: Manufacturing is crucial to BC but policy is falling short
- PricewaterhouseCoopers: Canadian economic transformation amid uncertainty
- C.D. Howe Institute: Urgency and Caution: Charting a Path to the CUSMA Review
- National Association of Home Builders: The US Fed Rate Pause Continues
In Forestry news: FPAC welcomes G7 wildfire commitment; Oregon researchers monitor forest health; Yellowstone’s wolf reintroduction program is having an impact; what’s at stake for Alaska with Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill; a new UN report on planting fast-growing trees; and changes to urban tree management comes to Whistler, BC and Portland, Oregon.
Finally, researchers turn forestry-waste into biopharmaceuticals, and agri-waste into cellulose fibres.
Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor