Hope that the Wet’suwet’en deal would end the pipeline dispute (and rail blockades), may be premature, given the chiefs’ refusal to engage on the gas line issue, gov’t reluctance to comment on the agreement, and continued protester actions. In other Business news: BC’s Parliamentary Secretary for Forestry on the Canfor/Interfor tenure transfer; Montana reports a shift in forest employment, on the eve of RY Timber’s mill closure; and Freddie Mac says the US housing market is undersupplied and getting worse.

In other news: forestry training programs are coming to Prince George, BC; Mexico’s cloud forests are in need of protection; and Indonesia is on edge as their fire season is set to start.

Finally, kudos to Ontario’s wood design award winners; and two California achievement winners (in forestry and transportation).

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor