The San Group filed a Notice of Claim in lawsuit against the City of Port Alberni. In other Business news: Western Forest Products narrows loss in Q2, appoints Glen Nontell as CFO; Oregon’s Western Cascades Industries is shutting down; the impact of AHF Products’ mill closure on South Arkansas; a chip pile fire at GreenFirst’s Cochrane, Ontario mill; and a suspicious log pile fire in Springfield, Oregon.

In Forestry news: Quebec reports progress on caribou fawns born in captivity; ENGOs say the US is failing to protect its old growth trees; the USDA funds climate-smart forestry projects in Maine; and restoring Australia’s logged forests doesn’t mean locking them up. Meanwhile: an exposé on Jasper’s moving monster, and two calls for more active forest management to prevent another one, and wildfire updates from BC, Manitoba and Colorado.

Finally, the US Fed reports progress on inflation, has September rate cut in view.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor