Unceasing demand sent softwood lumber prices into unknown territory; building material prices follow suit. In related news: Alberta’s forest products are booming; Interfor’s surreal quarter; Conifex’s Q2 earnings; and logging contractor rate increases. In other Business news: BC Business leaders call for carbon-tax protection, province risks carbon leakage otherwise; Nova Scotia fought against severance for Northern Pulp workers; and a two-alarm fire at Roseburg in Medford.

In Forestry news: Oregon Institute takes exception to lobbyist criticism; Suzuki pushes back on FPAC’s circular economy recommendation; BC’s old-growth hunger strike ends, but protests continue; the US Forest Service draws fire for revised logging rule plan; and California’s redwoods shape the soil underneath them.

Finally, Richard Guldin receives SAF award first given to Franklin Roosevelt in 1935.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor