Skyrocketing lumber prices pervade most of today’s headlines:
- Lumber prices a headache for US home buyers, builders
- Will Northern Ontario benefit from rising lumber prices
- Cost of Canadian lumber skyrockets during pandemic
- Canadian manufacturing sales rose, powered by lumber
- US housing starts decline, but momentum will resume
- Why are Southern Pine log and lumber prices out of sync
In Forestry news: BC’s Green Leader and the BC Forest Alliance speak out on old-growth, as pressure mounts on Premier Horgan; and forestry protestors gather at Nova Scotia’s legislature. Meanwhile: the International Biomass Expo kicks-off; SFI announces their conference details; Oregon’s Forest Science complex is finally completed, Charles Barkley gives back; and Swiss scientists generate electricity from wood.
Finally, Happy St. Patrick’s Day – a welcome distraction from the day’s news.
Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor