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Canadian Wildfires Burn Record Forest Areas
Canada’s 2025 wildfire season burned record forest areas, forcing the forestry sector to adapt its management and recovery practices. With… read more…
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Widespread Tree Mortality Threatens Pacific Northwest Forest Health
Forestry professionals are tracking rising tree mortality across Pacific Northwest forests. This article examines causes of widespread canopy loss, implications… read more…
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The Working Forest Lumber Forecast – November 2025
November 2025 Working Forest Lumber Forecast: updated market data, demand and supply indicators, and prospects for North American softwood lumber. read more…
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Digital Twins Bring High-Resolution Forest Structure to Management
Digital forest models, or forest digital twins, are providing high-resolution insights for forest management, monitoring structure, biodiversity, and carbon storage. read more…
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Wildfire Smoke and the Estimated 1,400 Annual Deaths in Canada
An in-depth look at estimates that about 1,400 yearly deaths in Canada are linked to wildfire smoke, how such numbers… read more…
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Forestry Innovations That Nearly Changed the Industry—but Didn’t
Several ambitious forestry inventions nearly reshaped the industry but faded before reaching widespread use. Learn about a few forgotten innovations… read more…
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Why Leading Firms Are Turning to Super-Pollutants in Their Climate Strategies
Major companies are expanding climate strategies to include super-pollutants like methane and fluorinated gases. Learn why this matters, how it… read more…
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Canada’s Northern Wildfire Seasons Are Expected to Stay Intense
Longer, hotter summers and drier forests are extending wildfire seasons across northern Canada. read more…
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Fuel Management Near Banff: Wildfire Mitigation
Wildfire mitigation strategies around mountain townsites combine targeted fuel management, community planning, and monitoring to reduce risk while protecting ecosystems.… read more…
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Shifting Markets: How Wood-Fiber Demand Is Reshaping U.S. Forestry
Wood-fiber feedstocks have long been a cornerstone of the American forest industry, supplying pulp mills, paper plants, and an expanding… read more…
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The Link Between Modular Housing and Modern Forestry
An in-depth look at how modular housing and forestry work together to create efficient, sustainable, and high-quality building systems using… read more…
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Forests and Rivers: Balance in Watersheds
A look at how forestry practices affect forested watersheds and the forgotten rivers that depend on them, highlighting restoration and… read more…
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Lumber Prices Hit 2025 Low: What Changed, Why It Matters, and What to Watch
Lumber prices dropped to their lowest levels of 2025 in September, driven by oversupply, cautious demand, and inventory challenges. read more…
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The Working Forest Lumber Forecast – September 2025
September 2025 Working Forest Lumber Forecast: neutral update on lumber futures, spot prices, housing starts, trade measures, and market projections… read more…
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Forests and the Marbled Murrelet: Balancing Habitat and Forestry
Learn about the marbled murrelet’s habitat needs and sustainable forest management. read more…
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Glyphosate Wildfire Risk in Nova Scotia: Evidence and Approvals
An ongoing wildfire season in Nova Scotia has focused attention on forestry practices linked to landscape flammability—most notably, the provincial… read more…
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Idaho Forest Grid Pattern from Space
An astronaut photo revealed the Idaho forest grid pattern from space. Learn how forestry practices created the checkerboard landscape, its… read more…
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Fossil Fuel Producers and Heat Waves on the U.S. West Coast
The U.S. West Coast has faced a series of record-breaking heat waves in recent years, from California’s Central Valley to… read more…
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Wildfire Legacies: How Burned Forests Shape Tomorrow’s Ecosystems
Wildfire legacies are reshaping forest recovery and resilience. Explore how burn severity, frequency, and climate change are altering ecosystems and… read more…
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Anahim Lake Wildfire Forces Evacuations in Central British Columbia
The Anahim Lake Wildfires are being monitored closely. Check out the latest news. read more…
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Lower Mainland Air Quality Alert: Wildfire Smoke Impacts
Wildfire smoke is affecting air quality in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley—what residents should know, how long it may… read more…
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Michigan’s Singapore Beneath the Dunes
The buried 19th-century lumber town of Singapore, Michigan—once a thriving port on the Kalamazoo River, now hidden beneath towering dunes. read more…
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Soil Microbes After Wildfires: Long-Term Challenges for Forest Recovery
Wildfires can disrupt soil microbes for years, altering nutrient cycles and slowing forest recovery. Explore the long-term ecological impacts beneath… read more…
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Nova Scotia Wildfire Claims 20 Homes in Annapolis County
A Nova Scotia wildfire in Annapolis County has destroyed 20 homes and several outbuildings. Officials continue firefighting efforts as recovery… read more…
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Twin Invaders: Tree of Heaven and Spotted Lanternfly Threatening Michigan
The tree of heaven and spotted lanternfly are threatening Michigan’s forests, orchards, and crops. read more…