Friday Five: Forestry News for January 12, 2018

Friday Five is our weekly recap of timber and forestry news, and things we think are cool or interesting. Here are your top stories:

US hits record for costly weather disasters: $306 billion

• fox17online.com

New Orleans is getting 300 public fruit trees for its birthday

• nola.com

Dead trees are alive with fungi

• sciencedaily.com

University of Idaho turns to mass timber for new basketball arena

• archpaper.com

The Tree of Life is really, really big

• imgur.com