Oregon is poised to adopt a cap-and-trade program and link its allowance auctions with California and Quebec via the Western Climate Initiative.

In Business news, coverage on BC’s forestry crisis includes: a letter by the BC Liberal leader; CBC on jobs losses over the past 30 years; the Peace River pulp and OSB mill closures; and the BC Forest Minister, a local newspaper editor and a First Nations chief on Canfor’s proposed tenure transfer. Meanwhile: Brexit has the UK timber industry craving certainty; Conifex drops a shift in Arkansas; and a labor update at Clearwater Paper in Lewiston.

Finally, engineered wood is cool but if you like bourbon—restore white oak trees.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor