Hot and dry conditions fuel wildfires in the North and West. The headlines include:
- British Columbia residents pack bags as wildfires rage
- Calgary air quality deteriorates as wildfires rage
- Significant wildfire risk to northern BC likely to spread south
- Hundreds of B.C. firefighters dig in for Fort St. John battle amid weather reprieve
- Saskatchewan issues fire ban as wildfires rage through Western Canada
- Alberta asking public employees to become volunteer firefighters
In other news: BC’s Skeena Sawmills set to re-open May 29; rise in single-family homebuilding boosts builder confidence again; US Cold War tanker turned aerial firefighter moves to National Museum of Forest Service History; European Union adopts new rules to cut deforestation worldwide.
Finally, Scott Robertson, Lennard Joe, and Paul Robitaille receive SFI President’s Award.
Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor