To date the forest area consumed by wildfires in BC is just one percent of 2018’s total. In related news: evacuations in Ontario prove challenging; Saskatchewan and Quebec firefighters head to Manitoba; and Alaska’s Hess Creek fire is currently the US’s biggest.

In Forestry/Climate news: Trump touts forest management in speech on environmentalism; Massachusetts bill suggests not-logging to reduce CO2; Arizona wants to promote biomass from forest thinnings; fewer trees many mean fewer fires in Alberta; and Robert Bateman says BC’s caribou moratorium is not long enough. 

In Business news: China’s recyclables ban plays havoc on Maine’s recycling programs; and US and New Zealand log exports to China fall. Also: Tolko and Pinnacle’s new plant, Port Melon’s stink and Northern Pulp’s effluent.

Finally, who plants trees at 93—the Queen of England of course.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor