Filmmaker and renowned activist Ian McAlister is taking BC’s Great Bear Rainforest to new heights with an IMAX film. In other conservation news, the Toronto Star says “the woodland caribou will be extinct by the end of the century” if the current rate of decline continues; while Saskatchewan just put its caribou plan out for review.
The Resilient Federal Forest Act passed the US House by a 232 to 188 margin, although a similar version passed in 2015 and then died in the Senate. AWC’s Bob Glowinski likes that the bill would facilitate the use of innovative wood products such as mass timber.
Some US fire experts believe they are being blocked from a fire conference due to their views on climate change; to burn or not to [let wildfires] burn is under debate in Saskatchewan; and researchers in Alberta have developed an index to identify where wildfires create freshwater supply risks.
Finally, although Arkansas University’s plan to build a timber dorm is questioned, Britain’s top architecture prize is a wood “masterpiece” and Wood WORKS! Ontario honours 12 leaders in wood design and innovation.
— Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor