Scott Thomson is stepping down as CEO of Finning International and Kevin Parkes is named his successor. In other Business news: Teal Jones says tree spiking put workers’ lives at risk; Greenpeace pans UK over Drax settlements in Louisiana; Weyerhaeuser’s strike pushes its stock lower; and GreenFirst secures new financing from BMO. Meanwhile: FPAC award winners make news in Prince George, Kelowna and Radium; and the BC Log & Timber Association is seeking a new CEO.
In Forestry/Climate news: a Biden Proclamation for National Public Lands Day; US senators introduce resolution to establish National Loggers Day; a UBC researcher develops plastic alternative from forest waste; Oregon’s first ‘living building‘ is proclaimed in Portland; BC’s big tree protection is called ‘toothless‘; and the Battleship Mountain wildfire—BC’s largest this year—is now ‘held’.
Finally, a world-travelling filmmaker takes Ontario’s tree-planting to the big screen.
Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor