Canada and the US are digging in after trade talks broke down and a new round of tariffs took effect. President Trump threatened still higher tariffs on Canada; Prime Minister Carney said Canada walked away because the US asked too much; and US Trade Representative Greer blamed Canada. Meanwhile: the WSJ says the dumbest trade war ever just got dumber; the United Steelworkers say Canada should hold the line; Canadian and American businesses are assessing the fallout, and FPAC’s Derek Nighbor opines on what Canada’s forest sector needs to survive. In other Business news: Ken Kalesnikoff says Canadian forestry is in free fall; CPKC electrical workers’ strike has ended; and more on Domtar’s work stoppage on BC’s Sunshine Coast.

In Forestry news: Mosaic installed wildfire-detection cameras on Vancouver Island; Nova Scotia is proposing a new wilderness area; Oregon receives $15M from the US Forest Service; a Montana fuels-reduction project is moving ahead, the Roadless Rule rollback continues to draw opposition, and a Washington judge upheld larger riparian buffers on timberlands. In Wildfire news: crews continue battling major fires in BC, near Boston Bar, Lillooet, and Summerland; and a wildfire near Reno, Nevada forced thousands to evacuate. 

Finally, European wildfires are uncovering—and detonating—bombs left from WW I and II.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor