From the TLA Convention: Premier David Eby quantifies the potential impact of Trump’s tariffs, considers reforms to BC’s forest sector; and Russ Taylor and Don Wright advise attendees on how to improve BC’s forest investment climate. In related news: COFI’s Kurt Niquidet discusses the tariff challenge; San Group’s Port Alberni mills are up for sale; Quebec’s Commonwealth Plywood remains open for now; and more on the value-add mills getting BC funding. Meanwhile: US housing starts surged 16% in December; and US homebuilder and remodeller confidence ticks up.
In Forestry/Climate news: the US Forest Service adopts new substance abuse rules; new US assessments of climate change’s impact on east coast and west coast forests; Washington’s new land commissioner orders pause on some old-growth logging; and Finish forests were a GHG source in 2023.
Finally, entombed whitebark pines in Wyoming become visible after 5,900 years.
Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor