The Tree Frog News is still “under construction”. We hope to have the regular story format back in place by next week. For now, here are your forestry news headlines:
Business and Politics
- Trump’s trade wars hit BC’s struggling forest industry (BC Local)
- US hardwood sector hammered by China trade war in 2019 (Pallet Enterprise)
- Year in review: sawmill closures hurt BC communities (Business in Vancouver)
- BC to ‘embed’ Asia trade offices in Canadian embassies (BC Local)
- BC provides support for interior mill workers, families (HR Reporter)
Finance & Economics
- Zack’s industry ranking gloomy for wood’s near-term prospects. (Nasdaq)
- Profits declined faster for sawmills in Finland than Sweden (Wood Resources Int.)
- Lumber Going into 2020 (Seeking Alpha)
Wood, Paper and Green Building
- A look back at 2019. The most popular stories of the year (Woodworking Network)
Forestry
- New Brunswick private woodlot owners want proof their market share will rise (CBC)
- BC West Boundary Community Forest buys Wilgress land for education (BC Local)
- Cumberland BC looks to managing forest’s future health (BC Local)
- California eases way for land clearing to prevent wildfires (Assoc. Press)
- What’s the future of Washington state’s forests? Seabird caught in fight (Seattle Times)
- Progress on hardwood forests facing heavy deer browsing in Michigan (The Sault News)
- Swedish style: commercial thinning troubled forests (Rocky Mountain Goat)
- Conservancy raises money needed to save Mossy Point old-growth forest (Buffalo News)
- US Forest Service rushes to come up with spotted owl plan (White Mountain Indep.)
Forest Fires
- Australia Fire Updates: Bracing for an Even Worse Weekend (The New York Times)
Have a great weekend.
~Brought to you by Kelly, Sandy and Heidi