With the BC election less than three weeks away, Premier Horgan talks mass timber and climate, Green leader Furstenau says net-zero needs a plan; and the Liberal’s Wilkinson talks stability via stumpage changes. In other Business news: Neucel’s bankruptcy will cost BC millions; US launches investigation into Vietnam’s  illegal timber imports; and lumber prices continue to impact new home construction.

In Wildfire news: FPInnovations on what we can do mitigate fire’s power; BC expert John Davies on the benefits of thinning and pruning; how the US battles forest fires; and misconceptions that negate good wildfire policy. Meanwhile: BC’s covid-free planting season; Alaska’s wolf hunt; and Europe’s wood pellet appetite.

Finally, transparent wood, 105-storey timber towers and Canfor’s Don Kayne on the future of the Softwood Lumber Board.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor