Experts agree that the G7’s Wildfire Charter is positive but needs to shift from response to prevention. In related news: Tom Fletcher speaks to fighting fires in a fog of misinformation; Statistics Canada assesses GPD impact of 2023 fires; Ontario improves working conditions for firefighters; Oregon passes bill to repeal Wildfire Hazard Map; and American Scientists give mixed review of US wildfire orders. Meanwhile, Senator Mike Lee vows to resurrect US public lands sale; ENGOs say logging continues in BC’s caribou habitat; and the WWF asks business to help reverse forest loss. 

In Business news: Domtar reaches settlement agreement with Michigan over waste materials; a California nonprofit scales back wood pellet mill plans; the US investigates hardwood plywood trade; and Mackenzie, BC rebounds after mill closures. Meanwhile: the US economy shrank more than expected in Q1, 2025; Deloitte says a mild recession is likely in Canada; the latest newsletter from Woodlots BC; and Canadian retail lumberman Michael Westrum dies at 79.

Finally, researchers explore use of tree bark waste to reduce radar detection. 

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor