Daily News for August 21, 2026

Today’s Takeaway

Domtar’s Howe Sound mill curtailment deepens concerns over BC’s forestry crisis

The Tree Frog Forestry News
August 21, 2026
Category: Today's Takeaway

Domtar’s indefinite curtailment of its Howe Sound pulp mill raises fresh concerns about BC forestry. BC’s Forest Minister called it an “immensely difficult day,” while the Truck Loggers Association, Council of Forest Industries and Unifor called for action to improve fibre access and competitiveness. In other Business news: Canada and the US are close to a trade deal, although the treatment of  wood products remains uncertain; BC Premier Eby’s position is being watched for its implication for lumber; BC First Nations are exploring a new sawmill; Ontario invests $1M in support of biomass markets; and Canada launched subsidy investigations into Chinese paperboard products.

In Forestry news: the US homebuilding industry backs Trump’s Roadless Rule repeal, while concerns mount in California and Michigan; Domtar partners to protect biodiversity in Mississippi; and Australia launches a new forest-sector research archive. In Wildfire news: BC’s wildfire-fighting costs have more than doubled; Quebec researchers are testing balloon-based technology to identify forests at risk; and Canadian and US crews battle a cross-border wildfire near Hope.

Finally: UBC launches a wood-foam plastic alternative, and US WoodWorks’ webinar on mass timber’s acoustic performance.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor

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Business & Politics

Proposed Canada-U.S. trade deal would lock in 15% auto tariffs, sources say

By Adrian Morrow, Marieke Walsh & Bill Curry
The Globe and Mail
August 21, 2026
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada, United States

The prospective trade deal being negotiated in Washington this week would lower US President Trump’s tariffs on Canadian autos from 25% to 15% and preserve an existing exemption for the value of American content. …As Canada rushed to finalize the pact, Prime Minister Carney’s concessions drew criticism. …Six sources familiar with the negotiations said both auto and forestry tariffs, imposed by Mr. Trump last year using Section 232, had been major sticking points. …With forestry, Canada had asked for relief from the Section 232 sectoral portion of tariffs on lumber and wood products, while the US wanted the sector excluded entirely from the deal. …Given forestry’s importance to his province and his outspokenness, along with Mr. Kinew and Mr. Ford, about the importance of the alcohol ban, Mr. Eby’s cooperation will be crucial if Mr. Carney hopes to fulfill that U.S. demand. [to access the full story a Globe & Mail subscription is required]

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Premier Eby’s silence on U.S. booze ban could concern lumber file, says analyst

By Graeme Wood
Business in Vancouver
August 20, 2026
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada, United States

David Eby

On yet another US tariff deadline day, BC Premier David Eby said Wednesday he “stands with Team Canada” although he provided no indication he will comply with a reported request from Prime Minister Mark Carney to lift the province’s ban on US alcohol imports. …This week’s silence on the US booze ban could indicate trade negotiations between Ottawa and Washington with respect to BC’s key industry—softwood lumber and wood products—have not reached satisfactory levels for Eby, said Werner Antweiler, UBC associate professor. …“I don’t expect much movement on the softwood lumber file. That’s what I read from Mr. Eby’s statements,” said Antweiler. …Kim Haakstad, CEO of the BC Council of Forest Industries said her group has received no information from the federal or provincial governments. …“I don’t want to read between the lines when we don’t have enough information. We’ve seen some posturing from other premiers.

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Canada, U.S. ‘very close’ to finalizing tariff deal as deadline approaches: trade minister

By Devika Desai
CTV News
August 20, 2026
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada, United States

Canadian trade representatives have arrived in Washington for more talks amid a tentative trade deal with the US. …Canada and the US now have until Saturday to reach a deal. …Multiple sources say there are reductions in sectoral tariffs, such as steel and aluminum, as part of the agreement with the US, but none of the sources knew the scope of those reductions. …It’s still unclear how softwood lumber will be treated in ongoing trade negotiations, according to an industry expert. But Derek Nighbor, CEO of Forest Products Association of Canada says that he’s “optimistic.” …Ideally, Sections 338 and 232 which impact the industry would be eliminated, he said. “If we can see those tariffs go away and if we can get a commitment to see Canada and the US get back to the table to negotiate an agreement on softwood, I think that would be a pretty good outcome,” he said.

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First Nations plan to build new coastal sawmill

By Nelson Bennett
Resource Works
August 20, 2026
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada West

It’s one of the great paradoxes of B.C.’s declining forestry sector. Large forestry companies continue to divest from B.C. and shutter sawmills and pulp mills, largely due to a lack of access to affordable fibre. Meanwhile, in Coastal B.C., there seems to be plenty of timber available, mostly in the form of second growth. In 2025, only half of the 15 million cubic metres of the coastal available cut was harvested, according to the Truck Loggers Association. Nearly a third of that timber is owned or controlled by Coastal First Nations – about 4.6 million cubic metres. Iskum Investments, a consortium of 16 coastal First Nations, is looking to build a new, state-of-the-art sawmill capable of milling second growth hemlock and fir, at a cost of about $100 to $150 million. The consortium recruited Rick Doman to help them execute the plan, and recently received $1.3 million from Natural Resources Canada’s Indigenous Forestry Initiative to conduct a feasibility study.

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BC Forest Minister, TLA, COFI and Unifor statements on Domtar pulp mill curtailment

BC Ministry of Forests
August 20, 2026
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada, Canada West

Ravi Parmar

“This is an immensely difficult day for the Sunshine Coast. These are not just jobs, these are livelihoods that have supported families and communities for generations…. “We have been engaging with the company to better understand the full scope of the challenges it is facing. We are prepared to work through the cross-government working group to identify practical, long-term solutions. This work will be most effective with Domtar in the process and a shared focus on maintaining a strong presence in BC. “BC’s pulp sector is feeling the effects of a seismic shift in the global pulp market. We are currently approaching the lowest pulp prices in 100 years. …We will be reaching out to the Sunshine Coast community immediately… to ensure people get the support they need. 

Truck Loggers Association: The TLA is, once again, deeply disappointed by today’s announcement. …This latest announcement follows other recent mill closures and reinforces the serious challenges facing BC’s forest sector. The consequences extend well beyond the mills, affecting workers, independent logging and forestry contractors, local businesses and communities throughout the coastal supply chain. With the indefinite curtailment of yet another BC pulp mill, the viability and stability of the entire coastal forest sector is increasingly at risk. …The TLA continues to call on all government to take decisive action to improve access to economically viable fibre, address BC’s high-cost operating environment and create the conditions needed to sustain forestry jobs, contractors and rural communities. 

Council of Forest Industries: BC’s forest sector is facing extraordinary pressures. In particular, the pulp sector has been hit with reduced demand from Asia, sustained weak global prices, and increasing costs and constraints on local wood supply. While we cannot control market cycles or trade disputes, we can improve the conditions for forestry here at home. That starts with a focus on competitiveness. BC needs more predictable and economic access to wood supply and a regulatory and cost environment that keeps mills operating and attracts investment. …Industry stands ready to work with government to reverse the trend of closures and curtailments in the pulp sector. Improving the conditions within our control will help make BC forestry more resilient, protect jobs and communities, and better position the sector to withstand changing global markets.”

Unifor: The curtailment of operations at Domtar’s Howe Sound pulp and paper mill is more evidence of a deepening forestry sector crisis and demands immediate action from the B.C. and federal government, says Unifor. “Collapse of the forestry industry in the west, a core pillar of the economy, is just around the corner if governments don’t act now,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne. “Unifor is disappointed with Domtar’s announcement but this doesn’t have to be the end. We are totally committed to working with the company and governments to find a solution.”

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Domtar to indefinitely idle pulp mill in Howe Sound, British Columbia

Domtar Corporation
August 20, 2026
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada, Canada West

PORT MELLON, BC  Domtar announced the indefinite idling of its affiliates’ operations at both the Howe Sound mill and Bayview Fibre chipping facility in Port Mellon, British Columbia.  The decision will remove approximately 380,000 metric tons of northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp from the market annually. The announcement will affect approximately 400 employees.  “Despite capital investment of nearly CAD$500 million since the mill was purchased in 2010, and the construction of the Bayview Fibre facility, the business cannot overcome reduced demand from Asia, unprecedented and sustained poor pricing for pulp globally, and a decline in affordable domestic fiber,” said Luc Thériault, Domtar’s President – Canada and CEO, Pulp and Wood Products.The business will monitor market conditions, domestic fiber availability and the overall business environment, and will evaluate future opportunities if conditions improve,” stated Thériault.

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Canada launches investigations into the alleged dumping and subsidizing of paperboard cups and containers from China

By Canada Border Services Agency
PR Newswire
August 20, 2026
Category: Business & Politics
Region: International

OTTAWA, Ontario — The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) initiated investigations to determine whether paperboard cups and containers are being sold at unfair prices in Canada, subsidized, or both. The investigations focus on imports from producers operating in or exporting from China. …The CBSA’s investigations follow a complaint filed by Great Pacific Enterprises Ltd. The complainant alleges that as a result of an increase in the volume of the dumped and subsidized imports, they have suffered material injury. …The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) will begin a preliminary inquiry to determine whether the imports are harming Canadian producers and will issue a decision by October 16, 2026. Concurrently, the CBSA will investigate whether the imports are being sold in Canada at unfair prices, subsidized, or both, and will make preliminary decisions by November 16, 2026.

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Finance & Economics

US Housing Affordability Worsens on Higher Mortgage Rates

By Rose Quint
NAHB Eye on Housing
August 20, 2026
Category: Finance & Economics
Region: United States

After three consecutive quarters of modest improvement, housing affordability worsened in the second quarter as higher mortgage rates, rising construction costs and economic uncertainty weighed on the market, according to the latest data from the NAHB/Wells Fargo Cost of Housing Index (CHI). The CHI results from the second quarter of 2026 show that a family earning the nation’s median income of $106,800 needed 34% of its income to cover the mortgage payment on a median-priced new home. …The percentage of a family’s income needed to purchase a new home rose from 32% in the first quarter of 2026 to 34% in the second quarter, driven by a more than 30-basis point rise in the average mortgage rate and a 2% increase in the median price of a new home. 

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Wood, Paper & Green Building

Could foam made from wood waste replace plastic packaging? UBC researchers think so

CBC News
August 20, 2026
Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building
Region: Canada West

William Dennis and Dr. Yeling Zhu

B.C. researchers have created a pulpy alternative to plastic packaging foam, a product that makes use of logging waste that’s often left behind and can fuel forest fires. Dubbed “wood foam,” the plastic packaging alternative was developed at the University of British Columbia (UBC), and up to 200 kilograms a day is being produced at a pilot plant in East Vancouver. The company at the helm, DicinFoam, is majority owned by the Wet’suwet’en First Nation’s business arm. “We’ve made it from low-value pulp, wood fibres, and forestry residues,” said Yale Zhu, the company’s chief technology officer. “What we’re trying to do is we want to extract the majority of the value out of it and make it into our day-to-day packaging needs.” Zhu said the goal is to create a substitute to polystyrene, or packaging foam, which is among plastic pollutants found on Canadian shorelines, harbours or recreational areas, and shipping routes.

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Mass Timber Acoustic Design: Variables and Solutions

WoodWorks – Wood Products Council
August 21, 2026
Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building
Region: United States

Join us for a webinar exploring real-world acoustical performance data for mass timber floor and wall assemblies—and how the results compare with conventional construction. With Mike Raley, Oregon Acoustic Research Laboratory, we’ll examine measured airborne and structure-borne sound isolation, then explore practical strategies for improving acoustical performance through assembly design and targeted detailing. Mass timber construction is often perceived as acoustically inferior to conventional construction types, particularly in multi-family buildings subject to code-mandated sound transmission requirements. These perceptions often lead to design approaches that increase assembly mass—most commonly by adding concrete toppings, which can diminish the embodied carbon benefits of mass timber systems. This course evaluates the validity of these assumptions through a review of measured baseline acoustical performance data for mass timber assemblies and comparisons with conventional construction types. The presentation introduces the principles of sound transmission and isolation to provide a framework for understanding acoustical behavior in building assemblies… September 9 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT

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Australia releases draft standard for cross laminated timber design

Forest & Wood Products Australia
August 18, 2026
Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building
Region: International

AUSTRALIA — Forest & Wood Products Australia released a draft standard for cross laminated timber design to provide a dedicated framework for the structural design of CLT elements. The Standard has undergone independent technical review and provides comprehensive design methods for structural CLT components, subject to the requirements and limitations described in the Scope. Developed through collaboration with industry, researchers and technical experts, the Standard is intended to give architects, engineers and builders a national method for designing cross-laminated timber floors, walls and stairs, under a 46-page document out for comment. …Industry Benefits include consistency across engineering, manufacturing and certification practices; growing use of CLT and mass timber construction in Australia; and an independently reviewed basis for CLT structural design. …The public comment period for this Standard is open for a six-week period to 29 September.

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Forestry

Lil’wat Forestry points to nearby gunfire after alleged wildfire hazard violation

By Luke Paulks
Pique News Magazine
August 20, 2026
Category: Forestry
Region: Canada West

Klay Tindall

Lil’wat Forestry Ventures (LFV) is urging recreational shooters to be cautious around forestry operations after nearby gunfire allegedly prevented crews from addressing a wildfire hazard. An Aug. 1 Natural Resource Officer inspection record for an LFV site in the South Coast region identified alleged non-compliance related to fire-hazard abatement. LFV general manager Klay Tindall said inspectors identified slash piles above Rutherford Creek that the company had intended to burn last fall, before stray gunfire from across the creek forced them off-site. … Under B.C.’s current violation-ticket schedule, failing to abate a fire hazard under Section 7(2) carries a $1,000 fine plus a $150 victim surcharge, for a total ticket amount of $1,150. …Tindall said no fine had been issued to LFV as of his Aug. 17 interview with Pique. …LFV has since explained the circumstances surrounding the unburned piles to the natural resource officer, Tindall said, and does not view the enforcement matter as a major concern.

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Province rejects private wilderness camp in East Sooke Regional Park

By Darron Kloster
Victoria Times Colonist
August 21, 2026
Category: Forestry
Region: Canada West

The province has rejected a ­leasing application by a private wilderness survival school ­operator to set up camp within East Sooke Regional Park. Vitaliy Svetlichnyy, owner of One With Nature outdoor survival school, had applied two years ago to lease a 71-hectare parcel of Crown land inside the borders of East Sooke Park to build and operate his school. The proposal included an intensive-use area of about five hectares for several permanent structures … and a dock on the waterfront and storage buildings. Svetlichnyy was asking for a lease of 10 to 30 years on the land and foreshore, but his proposals caused a widespread outcry from local government and the public who said private operators should not be allowed in parks. In his decision, Peter Warbuton, senior licensed authorizations officer for the province, said the proposed long-term commercial use, infrastructure development and exclusive occupation were incompatible with the ­existing conservation, recreation and stewardship objectives of the area.

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Save the Date: 2027 Sustainable Forestry Initiative Annual Conference

Sustainable Forestry Initiative
August 21, 2026
Category: Forestry
Region: Canada West

Mark your calendars! SFI is excited to announce that the 2027 SFI Annual Conference will be held from April 13-15, in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia. As in the past, the event will provide a forum for conversations on innovative solutions to local, national, and global environmental challenges, including supply chain transparency, biodiversity conservation, and climate resiliency. Leaders from across the forest and sustainability sectors–representing manufacturers, forest managers and owners, Indigenous communities, government agencies, universities, and conservation organizations will convene to advance sustainability through forest-focused collaboration. This year will feature greater focus on practical implementation on the ground and in our communities, through concurrent sessions and training workshops that give conference participants more choice and the ability to dive deeper into subjects of interest. Registration will open later this fall but save the date now!

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Annual cost of fighting B.C. wildfires doubled in a decade, SFU report says

By Nathan Griffiths
The Vancouver Sun
August 19, 2026
Category: Forestry
Region: Canada, Canada West

SFU researchers say the amount of money BC has spent fighting wildfires in recent years is almost the same as what the province has collected in natural gas royalties. They say it demonstrates how BC households are already paying for the costs of climate change. The researchers said the average cost of fighting wildfires in BC over the past 10 years was more than twice as much as the decade prior. …“Royalties from the gas sector are virtually the same as what it costs to manage and mitigate wildfires in BC,” said co-author Andy Hira, a professor of political science. …BC’s natural gas industry only represents “a fraction of global emissions,” Lisa Baiton, CEO of Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, said. Dan McTeague, a former Liberal MP said the energy sector’s much-bigger economic footprint gets lost when the debate narrows to royalties alone.

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Prototype launched at Timmins balloon base could help prevent forest fires

By Lydia Chubak
CTV News Vancouver Island
August 20, 2026
Category: Forestry
Region: Canada East

A team developing an aerospace and environmental project based in Montreal is currently working at the Timmins Stratospheric Balloon Base, testing its technology. The SAFARI-APEX project team from Montreal’s École de technologie supérieure has developed a prototype that uses cameras and artificial intelligence to monitor forests from above. The system is designed to spot conditions that could make an area more vulnerable to fire before one actually starts. Serguei Markov, an IT engineer and one of the people behind the project said the system analyzes factors such as vegetation, soil and humidity — information that could help focus fire prevention efforts where the risk is highest. …A prototype, called Borealis, was sent into the atmosphere on a Canadian Space Agency stratospheric balloon in Timmins.

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Ontario Investing Nearly $1 Million to Unlock New Markets for Forest Biomass

By Ministry of Natural Resources
Government of Ontario
August 20, 2026
Category: Forestry
Region: Canada, Canada East

NORTH GRENVILLE, Ontario — The government is investing $865,000 in the Ontario Woodlot Association (OWA) to enhance private forest management and establish new supply chains for mill by-products and underused wood known as forest biomass. This investment will… test a business model that could double sustainable private harvesting over the next 10 to 15 years. …Ontario is investing $790,000 through the Forest Biomass Program to help the OWA create three new jobs and acquire equipment for the Wood Stewardship Program (WSP). This initiative will increase forest sector productivity by connecting businesses to biomass in privately owned forests. …The project will use up to 100,000 cubic metres of forest biomass over five years, creating new markets to maximize the value of wood and increase the industry’s diversification into value‑added manufacturing. Ontario is also investing $75,000 to support OWA workshops, conferences, publications and collaboration to promote sustainable forest management on private lands.

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US Homebuilders association supports repealing the Roadless Rule

The National Association of Home Builders
August 20, 2026
Category: Forestry
Region: United States

The Trump administration announced that it is seeking to fully rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which bars road building on more than 44 million acres of federal forest land. NAHB supports repealing the Roadless Rule because it is overly restrictive, limits state and local land management, and unnecessarily prevents responsible federal timber harvesting. While the rescission would remove the national designation of roadless areas, it would not require timber cutting or road construction. Instead, it would return decisions about roadless areas to local forest managers. Because the nation imports more than 25% of the softwood lumber needed to build new homes, NAHB believes responsibly opening federal forest lands is an important step toward increasing domestic timber production for American home owners and home buyers. …Comments on the proposed rule may be submitted through Regulations.gov. Comments are due by midnight on Sept. 21.

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Save Northern Spotted Owls At Any Cost?

By Steve Wilent
The Woodsman’s Take
August 16, 2026
Category: Forestry
Region: US West

Steve Wilent

Would you shoot one large, beautiful owl to save a few large, beautiful owls of a different species? Would you shoot a few hundred thousand owls? Back in 2021, the findings of long-term research by a group of scientists showed that northern spotted owls benefitted when the numbers of competing barred owls was reduced. This was not surprising. Barred owls, cousins to the spotted owl, are larger, more aggressive, and more willing and able to use habitats other than old-growth forests, which spotted owls prefer. In 1990, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the northern spotted owl—there are California and Mexican subspecies, too—as threatened under the Endangered Species Act because of declines in the owl’s old-forest habitats. The Northwest Forest Plan, adopted in 1994, dramatically reduced the rate of logging of old-growth forests on federal lands in the Pacific Northwest.

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More than 4M acres of California forests could lose federal protection

By Roseann Cattani
The Record Searchlight
August 20, 2026
Category: Forestry
Region: United States, US West

CALIFORNIA — More than 4 million acres of California forest land may lose protected status under a proposed rollback of the Roadless Rule by the U.S. Forest Service. The federal government says the rollback is necessary to allow responsible timber production and wildfire mitigation efforts. Opponents argue rescinding the rule, which prohibits road construction and logging on 45 million acres of national forest land, would increase development, harm wildlife habitat, threaten water supplies and worsen wildfire risk. A public comment period on the proposal to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule is open through midnight Sept. 21, 2026. More than 95% of roadless areas are in 10 Western states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, per the USDA. In California, the proposal would open up 4,416,000 acres of roadless land across the state, which has nearly 21 million acres of national forest, the most of any state except Alaska.

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Building Partnerships to Protect Forest Biodiversity in Mississippi

By Brenda Martin
Domtar Corporation
August 20, 2026
Category: Forestry
Region: US East

Chad Robertson, Senior Coordinator, Raw Material is the on-the-ground connection for a new partnership Domtar has begun with NatureServe. The partnership will help us protect forest biodiversity in Mississippi. Chad is based at the Amory Chip Mill in Mississippi. The wood chips produced at Amory are barged along the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway to the Tennessee River and then the Ohio River to Domtar’s Hawesville Mill in Kentucky. The Hawesville Mill makes communication papers and southern bleached hardwood pulp used in tissue and towel, and printing and writing papers. The goal is to turn complex, dense information about at-risk species and ecosystems into practical guidance that forestry professionals, landowners and loggers can use in the field. This work makes it easier to identify and protect important habitats which is an important part of responsible forest management and sustainable fiber sourcing. The current project is focused on the whole of Mississippi’s working forest.

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Proposed repeal of ‘Roadless Rule’ could open Michigan national forests to logging, roadbuilding

By Jon King
Michigan Advance
August 20, 2026
Category: Forestry
Region: US East

Thousands of acres of currently protected national forest land in Michigan could be opened to road construction and logging under a proposal from the U.S. Forest Service to rescind a 25-year-old rule. The 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which restricts road construction and timber harvesting in designated roadless areas, currently protects about 16,000 acres of roadless forest land across the Huron-Manistee, Hiawatha and Ottawa national forests in Michigan. They are among nearly 45 million acres of inventoried roadless areas nationwide which would see protections eliminated under the proposal to rescind the rule, filed Wednesday for publication in the Federal Register. “For too long, outdated restrictions have kept tens of millions of forested acres off-limits to the very treatments that improve forest health and reduce wildfire risk to our communities,” Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said in a statement. Environmental advocates dispute that assertion and say new roads would actually increase opportunities for human-caused fires.

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Forest & Wood Products Australia launches new industry research archive

Forest & Wood Products Australia
August 18, 2026
Category: Forestry
Region: International

AUSTRALIA — Forest & Wood Products Australia (FWPA) announced the launch of a new digital research archive, bringing together decades of valuable research to make it easier for the forest and wood products sector to access and apply knowledge that drives innovation. The FWPA Industry Research Archive represents the largest collection of industry research spanning the last two decades. It consolidates hundreds of reports, technical papers and findings into one central, searchable platform, streamlining access to information, and ensuring research investments continue to deliver value long after publication. The first phase of the project brings together more than 40 research reports from the National Institute for Forest Products Innovation (NIFPI) and combines them with FWPA’s existing research. The result is a collection of more than 350 reports, making it by far the most comprehensive industry knowledge base in Australia. …The Research Archive is now live and can be accessed here.

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Forest Fires

B.C. and Washington fire crews continue to battle wildfire near Hope

By Jordan Riley
Victoria News
August 20, 2026
Category: Forest Fires
Region: Canada West, US West

©BC Wildfire Service

Firefighting efforts continue on both sides of the B.C.-Washington border for a wildfire near Ross Lake that began in July. The Border 2 Fire, also known as the Hozomeen Mountain Wildfire, is considered out of control. The fire began near Ross Lake due to lightning strikes on the Washington side of the border on July 17 and quickly moved across the border into Canada. The northern tip of Ross Lake is in Canada, southeast of Hope. BC Wildfire Service, US Forest Service and the North Cascades National Park Service are working together to contain the fire. It is being managed in Canada as part of the Manning Fire Complex. The “smouldering ground fire” is estimated to be 8,361.59 hectares total, with 5,409 hectares burning in Canada and 2,952.59 hectares burning in the U.S.

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