President Joe Biden visits Canada today – here are the top agenda topics. In other Business news: the US upholds hardwood tariffs on China; and Georgia-Pacific funds pulp research at Auburn University. In Product news: why mass timber is an architectural star (and why it is not); mass timber’s CO2 benefits; projects updates from Missouri and the Czech Republic; unique woodworking projects; see-though windows from paper; and Tolko, Gorman and Interfor ‘women in wood‘.
In Forestry/Climate news: Minister Steven Guilbeault criticizes Ontario’s caribou plan; scientist Justine Karst misconceptions about the wood wide web; the BC Forest Practices Board gives BC First Nation a passing audit; and US ENGOs say Gopher tortoises deserve endangered species status. Meanwhile: the lastest from BC Community Forests; a virtual BC old-growth update; and FSC Canada’s upcoming AGM.
Finally, hundreds evacuated courtesy of an early start to Spain’s forest fire season.
Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor