Industry icon Frank Dottori is exiting the lumber business after naming his successor at WRC Timber (Tony Wyszkowski); and sadly, BC’s John Russell PhD, RPF—the world’s leading expert on western red and yellow cedars—has died. Other names making news include:

• John Ackerly (Green Heat) on the conspiracy against wood stoves
• Fan Williams (Architects’ Journal) on concrete’s unfortunate CO2 footprint
• Lesli Allison (Western Landowners Alliance) on active management of US lands

Elsewhere: Nova Scotia improves trucking efficiency by allowing more B-trains; and home insurance is harder to find in Colorado due to wildfires.

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Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor