Supply chain crisis expands Canfor curtailments to Western Canadian sawmills. In related news: Russia’s war impacts supply chain near (Ukraine) and far (Australia). In other Business news: Idaho Forest Group Lumberton sawmill nears completion; Enerkem wins award for biomass aviation fuel; and San Group’s value-added success story. Elsewhere: mass timber innovation in Vancouver and Portland; and Princeton University’s new carbon math tool.
In Forestry/Climate news: Alaska’s governor seeks self-sufficiency with forestry; doctor questions Glyphosate use in forests; Mosaic’s forest plans raise access concerns; North Carolina forest plan gets ENGO pushback; and trees can be climate heroes but carbon accounting counts.
Finally, the latest on wildfire mitigation from BC, Montana; and California.
Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor