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Question: Buck Horne - Raymond James - Analyst
: Thanks, Devin. I appreciate that. I'll take us off with just a couple. And while we start with the tariff topic and go from there, can you explain to us,
for those not as familiar, the duties arrangement, the softwood -- what duties that go forward? Kind of what's in place with Canada now? How that's
going to adjust in August of this year? And then what these potential new tariffs mean on top of that?
Question: Buck Horne - Raymond James - Analyst
: And just round ballpark numbers, like what is cash production costs for a Canadian producer typically versus where you guys are at? What's the
differential there and like how does that -- just assuming the duties go to 30%, what would their cash costs go to?
Question: Buck Horne - Raymond James - Analyst
: I wish I had better news for you on the housing market, but it is a little sluggish in terms of the spring selling season. Are you getting any indications
of uptick in the R&R side of the business? I mean, new home demand seems to be steady, but kind of sluggish at the moment, but got a lot of
deferred maintenance and repair and remodel activity. Any signs of life from --?
Question: Buck Horne - Raymond James - Analyst
: Interesting. Very good. I'm going to jump around topics, and I apologize for mixing and matching with housing with the policy. But I'm going to
go back to this because these topics are just getting the news wire basically today with the executive order from the administration about opening
up federal lands for forestry or trying to harvest existing resources on federal land. Can you walk us through, like, is there any real potential risk or
impact to your log pricing or your log activities from an order like that or any of these federal actions?
Question: Buck Horne - Raymond James - Analyst
: And part of it is just road networks and accessibility like --
Question: Buck Horne - Raymond James - Analyst
: Let's dive into the climate solutions business just a little bit. And you're on your path towards $100 million of sustainable EBITDA. What are your
longer-term targets and potential outcomes there? And what gets you most excited about the potential that's out there between whether it's solar
or carbon capture sequestration, credits? What's out there longer term?
Question: Buck Horne - Raymond James - Analyst
: Just got about two minutes left, but I'm going to ask one more about capital allocation and really just the timber strand project that you guys are
starting. So why now? What does that do for your network? And what are the economics for doing a new timber strand mill now?
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