The US Lumber Coalition pushed back on Wall Street Journal’s take on the impact of tariffs, but US Homebuilders say lumber prices will go way up. In related news: Ontario business leaders unite; and the Bank of Canada cuts interest rates to 3%. In other Business news: Canada signs off on Nova Scotia’s Boat Harbour cleanup plan.

In Forestry/Climate news: Canada invests in Northern Ontario and Quebec; a weather group says LA-type wildfires are now 35% more likely; California’s federal lands are hemorrhaging CO2; do environmental rules even matter in the Trump era; and Finland’s forests now emit more CO2 than they absorb. Meanwhile: the BC Forest Practices Board newsletter is back; the latest from the BC Community Forest Association; and BC Timber Sales passes audit on Haida Gwaii.

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Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor