Extreme weather and wildfire begets a declaration of emergency in Oregon; thousands are put on notice in the BC Interior. In related news: more than 360 wildfires are burning in California; Coulson Aviation converts another 737 into an air tanker; and fire-resistant homes are the focus in California’s wildland-urban interface.

In other news: Ontario releases plan to grow its forest industry; record lumber prices push Canadian stocks up; BC proceeds with controversial moose harvest; and the Ontario’s Slate Island caribou transplants are thriving. Companies making news include Weyerhaeuser (staff changes); Boise (pensions); Georgia Pacific (Covid-19); Domtar (safety); and Ponderay Newsprint (purchase offer).

Finally, as many of you have likely noticed, we’ve been experiencing some website technical issues this week resulting in a blank page displaying where our current news stories should be. We know this is frustrating for our readers – and it’s frustrating for us too. Our tech-team is working to find the solution, in the meantime, it seems our archive is unaffected, as such, you can access news from Tuesday and Wednesday here.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor