The weather and idle-cottagers (re: Covid-19) are blamed for the bad start to Quebec’s wildfire season. In related news: conditions spark surge in Northern Ontario; Arizona faces extreme danger; Oregon’s fire season is in effect state-wide; Brazil sees worst June in 13 years; Arctic wildfires cause spike in carbon emissions; and a look back at the sawmill fire that changed Vancouver forever.

In other news: Greenpeace supports FSC Canada; Mosaic says log exports needed to maintain domestic supply; Domtar blames weather for Kamloops’ pulp mill odours; Roseburg mill fire put-out in Missoula; Skeena Sawmills inks deal to secure fibre; and FPAC endorses federal innovation funding but only as a ‘first step‘ to recovery.

Finally, Ivanka Trump joins the American Forestry Conference speakers list.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor