North American lumber is moving south

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As climate change decimates North American trees, native forests are migrating north—and lumber producers are moving south. Over the past 5 to10 years, dozens of mills have shuttered in the western US and Canada, where warmer weather has led to beetle invasions and wildfires. Policymakers in places like British Columbia, meanwhile, are becoming more interested…

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