It was ‘another challenging day’ fighting Manitoba’s wildfires, officials say. In related news: Premier Eby to visit Asia; Georgia-Pacific to close operations this year; and low-interest loan programs hope to re-open sawmills. Meanwhile: Financial results for GreenFirst are announced; commercial construction statistics released; and Weyerhaeuser stays true to the message of its past.

In Forestry/Wood news: Public input for private land use sought on Vancouver Island; open house addressing recreation in West Bragg Creek; Oregon wildfire map could be repealed; and why some think significant logging won’t happen in the Tongass National Forest. Meanwhile: confidence in biomass exports from the UK; Michigan’s opens first mass timber building with local wood; and residents push back against proposed wood pellet plant in Nevada.

Lastly, would you cause a forest fire if you were a worm? The impacts of the spruce budworm in Montana.

Suzanne Hopkinson, Tree Frog News Editor