West Fraser Timber reported a Q4 loss on weak lumber demand. In related news: Clearwater Paper also reported a Q4 loss; lumber prices fall in 8-day losing streak; Canadian housing activity declines; and US progress on inflation slows. In other Business news: One Sky Forest Products is closer to breaking ground on OSB mill; and Nippon is closing its Australian white paper mill. Elsewhere: Auburn University’s Edward Loewenstein is retiring, and BC foresters are recognized by their peers.
In Forestry/Climate news: identifying alternatives to wood waste in BC and California; forest landslides and roads in the Pacific Northwest; wildfire risk reduction in Arizona, and California’s melting snowpack. Meanwhile: Apple backs forest conservation in the US South; and Global Canopy’s climate wake-up report.
Finally, more coverage and pushback on the research connecting forests and fungi.
Kelly McCloskey Tree Frog Editor