BC Premier on log exports, Interior ‘super mills’ and the 2017 forest fire season

January 3, 2018
Category: Today's Takeaway

Premier John Horgan sat down with Tom Fletcher to talk about the BC government’s plans to tackle log exports, Interior ‘super mills’ and the impact of the 2017 forest fire season. On the latter topic, the Tyee has a feature story on how a “century of policy errors have set the stage for more deadly megafires“.

Other Forestry headlines include: why the recent extreme cold snap is unlikely to impact Alberta’s mountain pine beetle; why the plan to close Ontario’s Angus seed plant is short-sighted; and why thinning may be okay in some US spotted owl habitat.

In other news, the US Commerce Department lowered its softwood duty marginally; while US duties on Canadian newsprint makers could be worse than softwood.

Finally, three mass timber stories in The Architect’s Newspaper: lessons learned in 2017, how architects can rethink ‘basic services’ and Michael Green’s musings about the future of design.

— Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor

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