Wind-driven wildfires destroyed buildings and threatened hundreds of residents in rural Northern California. Meanwhile, BC fire crews got a a bit of a scare over the weekend as lightning  storms resulted in about 100 new fires.

In other news: Edmonton rehabilitates its wooden trestle bridges; Australia’s Lendlease commits to timber in all its major precincts; New Zealand seeks to address its housing crisis with more off-site manufacturing and CLT; and more of the same on Trump’s trade fight with Canada, and its implication on US home ownership.

Finally, 10,000 wooden water tanks—a venerable part of New York’s skyline—are a vestige of the past that endures. 

–Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor