Ontario is investing $9.4 million in 14 projects to develop untapped potential of forest biomass. In related news: BC supports value-added wood manufacturing; a Canadian report on the potential of modular construction; the US looks to mass timber for military projects; and an Oregon firm is testing wood hybrid flooring in highrises. Company headlines include: Northern Pulp (terminating recall rights); Teal Jones (Fairy Creek lawsuits); Timberwest Manufacturing (mill fire); Drax (carbon capture and storage); and Domtar Elk County (mill injuries).
In Forestry/Climate news: a US Supreme Court review of the national monuments Act called overdue; an ENGO report say BC overcounts its protected old-growth; Bruce Blackwell on the potential of post-fire timber salvaging; and more on BC’s plan to share Crown land decision making with First Nations.
Finally, new research on whether trees filter air pollution that can stiffen human arteries.
Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor