Stella-Jones and Acadian Timber report positive Q1, 2024 earnings, Cascades reports Q1 net loss. In related news: Richmond Plywood upgrades its panel repair system; West Fraser faces pushback at Bragg Creek open house; and JD Irving proposes 58-turbine wind farm. Meanwhile: the search is on for new Executive Directors by the Forest Enhancement Society of BC and the BC Forest Practices Board. 

In Forestry/Climate news: Canadian and BC-focused GHG reports suggest a lack of progress; the mental toll of fighting forest fires—from those the front line; the growing threat to longleaf pines in the US South; ENGOs file lawsuit against logging in North Carolina; and Forest Wars – the Australian version. 

Finally, why—after years of being told paper bags are good… are they suddenly bad?

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor