Government plans to set aside 6.4 million acres of forest for two years as they work with First Nations communities on permanent old-growth timber management plan

Permanent/indefinite sawmill curtailments swell to 2.5 BBF in 2019, a 9% loss in regional capacity since Q4 2018; Curtailments accelerate into the third quarter, with the bulk of the impact in BC; Curtailment announcements coincide with record decline in lumber prices