Softwood lumber dominates today’s headlines: Don Kayne (Canfor) says the Softwood Lumber Board has created a billion board feet of demand; Andrew Hecht (Seeking Alpha) says lumber prices are at record levels; and Dave Elstone (TLA) says the “increased cash flow isn’t making its way to truck loggers”.

In other news: Jon Moore (WD Moore Logging) sees changes in Winter Harbour; Frank Dottori (White River Forest Products) is modernizing his mill; Steve Zika (Hampton Lumber) is positive on 2018; and WTO’s creation of two dispute settlement panels is now official.

Finally, Alaska transitions to second growth logging in the Tongass and Vermont passes a bill with the “rebuttable presumption” that logging is not a nuisance.

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