The US Forest Service has completed its national facilities review, identifying 23 research facilities for closure. In other Forestry news: hundreds of trees were spiked in BC’s Walbran Valley; BC Hydro’s proposed transmission line would cross a protected old-growth area; a satellite study could provide earlier warning of bark beetle attacks; and conservation groups sued to halt a Washington State forest restoration project. Meanwhile: can biomass help Nova Scotia’s forestry sector; and Canada should prepare for a hotter future.

In Business news: Mission, BC businesses say the trade war is taking a heavy toll; Idaho and Maine says lumber tariffs will hurt their states; and Deloitte says a US withdrawal from CUSMA would be severe but not catastrophic. Meanwhile: Canada is non-committal on Crofton navy base proposal; Ontario advances plan to restart the Espanola mill; Canfor and the Shuswap Band signed a new relationship agreement; Great Southern Wood plans a $40M treating plant in North Carolina; Australia announced $150M to boost forestry manufacturing; and a Finnish company launches world’s most carbon-storing building material.

Finally, the United Steelworkers call for stronger labour rights, as Canada and the United States prepare to celebrate Labour Day.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor