Familiar headlines dominate the news: US newsprint tariffs are opposed by US politicians; the National Association of Home Builders raises tariff concerns as housing starts fall; and US lumber production is up. In related news: communities on both sides of the Maine-Canadian border are increasingly concerned about the tariff feud.

In other headlines: smoke is causing air quality concerns in Ontario, Oregon and NZ have forest safety on their minds; the US has plans to end automatic protections for endangered species; biomass is cheered in Oregon but jeered in New Hampshire; and the Wolff/Katerra design-build combo has plans “to be prolific“.

Finally; the ancient cedars of Lebanon—which have outlived empires and survived modern wars—may have met their match with Climate Change.

–Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor