A resource-focused task force released its blueprint for Canada’s economic recovery. In related news: softwood lumber prices keep rising; Canadian and US housing starts break records; custom homes outperform the overall building market; and home size appears to be levelling off. 

In other news: BC is continuing its wolf kill program to protect caribou; Nova Scotia still stands behind the Lahey Report on forest practices; Oregon’s habitat conservation plan may reduce county revenues; Senator Danes adds detail to his Forest Reform Bill; and modelling avalanche protection in Switzerland’s forests.

Finally, if yesterday’s server issue kept you from your daily news-fix, you can access Monday’s news here. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor