The Canadian Wood Council (CWC) and Wood WORKS! are omniprevalent in today’s news. World trends in wood design will be front and centre at BC Wood WORKS! conference next Tuesday; Timber Engineering and BEER are featured Wednesday by Alberta Wood WORKS!, and CWC has an online webinar featuring architect Russell Acton of Brock Commons fame. Elsewhere, Wood WORKS! Ontario’s award recipients are still making news in Thunder Bay.

In Forestry news: public comment is sought on ways to protect BC’s Coastal Douglas-fir ecosystem; civility and accuracy are being called for in Nova Scotia’s forestry debate; the hemlock woolly adelgid has turned up in Nova Scotia’s forests and wolf specialist Diane Boyd says  wolves need both private and public lands protected in Montana. 

Finally, the Hill—Washington’s political rag—has a guest opinion piece on what’s next with softwood lumber and how the feud may impact the NAFTA talks [spoiler alert – it’s litigation]. 

— Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor