A rail strike in Canada is deemed more likely now, as Union votes on whether to extend strike threat. In other Business news: BC’s Conservative leader outlines forest-friendly election platform; Maine’s T&D Wood Energy is fined for excess emissions; Timberlab’s South Carolina mill reaches full capacity; Forestry Innovation Investment releases its 2023/24 Year in Review; and Massachusetts Institute of Technology features famed timber architect Schim Menges.

In Forestry/Wildfire news: USDA seeks comment on old-growth guidance report; ENGOs say US old-growth plan is wanting; a Montana judge is set to rule on the Pintler logging project; Quebec’s Port-Cartier wildfire is slowed by weather; an evacuation alert is announced for Zama City, Alberta; and the Churchill Falls, NL evacuation order remains in place.

Finally, and sadly, forestry billionaire James K. Irving, has died at the age of 96.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor