The Trump administration public comment period on rescinding the US Roadless Rule sparks ENGO opposition. In related news: a US House delegation visits Alaska; and a federal court allows White Mountain National Forest logging to proceed. Meanwhile: Drax faces UK probe into biomass sourcing; Sweden debates paying forest owners to store carbon; UBC Forestry expands its Combined Heat and Power Academy; UBC’s Melissa McHale earns a Wall Fellowship for climate resilience research; and Mississippi State University names its first endowed professor in innovative wood design.
In Business news: US railroads pursue mega-mergers while CPKC and BNSF reject consolidation; Arkansas’s Two Rivers Lumber gets a federal grant; South Carolina’s timber sector faces uncertainty; lumber futures approach bear market territory; and wood-framed homes market share rose in 2024. In Health & Safety news: Canadian wildfires erase years of air quality progress; mechanization reshapes logger health risks in the US Northeast; New Zealand releases new guidelines for forest safety; and the latest news from the BC Forest Safety Council.
Finally, 350 endangered Mountain Yellow-legged Frogs leap back into California’s wild.
Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor