BC’s forests need a clear vision, carbon offsets and science, says John Innes, UBC’s Dean of Forestry. Other perspectives on old-growth and logging include:

• Garry Merkel – Coastal BC logging needs old-growth for at least next decade
• David Suzuki & Peter Wohlleben – all old-growth logging must be stopped
• BC MLA’s Babchuk & Simons – deferrals require Forest Nation consultations
• Vicky Husband – Horgan’s forest policies are a colonial defence of talk and log
• Doug White – BC needs to pause so that we can work out our approach to the Aboriginal title landscape

In other news: a new poll says a majority of Indigenous people support resource development; BC’s war in the woods continues despite old-growth deferrals; Biden plans to restore Alaskan forest protections; and tree tracking start-ups surge with climate change.

Finally, firefighters from BC & Alberta deploy East, as wildfires surge in Ontario & Quebec.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor