The Council of Forest Industries conference wrapped up last week with: Premier Horgan’s vision for the BC forest sector; CEO’s urging cooperation in the face of challenges and—not surprisingly—a focus on access to fibre. In other Business news:

• Colin Robertson says it’s “lets make a deal” time for NAFTA
• Marc Brinkmeyer says lumber prices will fall 20% as Canadian imports rise
• North Carolina builder Matt Neil says lumber tariffs are raising home prices.

In Forestry news: ENGOs raise alarm over BC logging near critical whale habitat; BC adds funds to restore wildfire damaged forests; there’s no offseason for wildfire prevention in South Dakota; and a US report by a team of fire ecologies titled “everything you wanted to know about wildland fires”.

Finally, Oregon is betting that the skyscrapers of the future will be wooden, not the steel-boned towers seen today.

–Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor