Fighting fire with fire — the way we prepare must change

May 15, 2018
Category: Today's Takeaway

With forest fire season in full bloom, the way we prepare for and fight wildfires is making news across the continent. The headlines include:

  • Above normal fire risk is forecast across Canada (NRCan)
  • The way we prepare for fires must change (BC’s George Abbott)
  • Nova Scotia’s largest controlled burn planned for Highlands (Parks Canada)
  • Senators look to expand thinning for forest health and fire resistance (Oregon)
  • Fire experts warn we have to change our way of thinking (Missoula’s Rob Chaney)

In Business news: US Homebuilders highlight the folly of Trump’s protectionism (in The Hill); the Ontario Alliance questions who will stand up for forestry across the province; an Austrian jet interior maker opens a wood-veneer plant in Quebec; and the Southern Forest Products Association honours Canfor and Weyerhaeuser for their outstanding safety records.

Finally, Ontario receives federal assistance for mass timber demonstration projects; US WoodWorks highlights its blast tests on mass timber’s strength; and Denver gets a wake-up call on the dangers of construction fires.

–Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor

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