With its hallmark tradeshow midstream, the NAHB opines on 2020’s upward trajectory re: housing starts, remodelling activity and green building; while Madison’s does the same on lumber prices. In forest crisis news: the BC Premier meets with northern mayors; David Elstone speaks to the risk to coastal contractors; and Nova Scotia’s ongoing challenges with the closure of its Northern Pulp mill.

In Wood Product news: more wood high-rises are planned for Kelowna; mass timber has an eye on Milwaukee; and more details on the UK combustibles ban. Meanwhile: a study on the barriers to prescribed burning, the climate potential of tree planting makes news in Davos; and an activist group that secretly plants trees at night.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor